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Newtownards Nursery School
Nursery · Ages 3–4 · Nursery school
2F Portaferry Road, Newtownards BT23 8NN
On the mapSearch near BT23 8NN
Overview
- Pupils
- 63
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Ards and North Down
- Type of school
- Nursery school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Special educational needs
- 17 pupils (27%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 12 pupils (19%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 5 pupils (8%)
From the Department of Education’s school enrolment (school level) data and available places, and the 2016 school locations on OpenDataNI.
Admissions
The Department of Education’s available places for 2025/26, for Newtownards Nursery School: nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 55 pupils on the roll at the October census. These are places left after the October census, not a chance of getting in: admission depends on each school’s admissions criteria and on the number of applications.
Places
| Approved | On roll | Over | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 52 | 55 | <5 | hidden |
Per year
Entry year
Inspection
The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspects schools in Northern Ireland and publishes a report on each inspection. Its reports of 2012 to 2020 sum up their findings in a table, shown here in ETI’s own words; earlier and later reports give written findings only. Nothing here is set beside an Ofsted outcome.
- Overall
- High capacity to improve
Findings
| Outcomes for learners | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Quality of provision | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Other reports
- Jun 2014Pre-school inspection