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Bocombra Primary School, Portadown
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
1 Old Lurgan Road, Portadown BT63 5SG
On the mapSearch near BT63 5SG
Overview
- Places left
- 19
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 337
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 35 pupils (10%)
- Special educational needs
- 27 pupils (8%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 10 pupils (3%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 17 pupils (5%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 51 pupils (15%)
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 Bocombra Primary School, Portadown: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 320, 310 pupils on the roll at the October census, 19 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 26, 27 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 | 26 | 27 | <5 | hidden |
| Primary | 320 | 310 | 9 | 19 |
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.
Other reports
- Dec 2009Focused inspection