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St Matthew's Primary School, Magheramayo
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
27 Dollys Brae, Castlewellan BT31 9AZ · 028 4065 0311
On the mapSearch near BT31 9AZ
Overview
- Pupils
- 80
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- No
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 5 pupils (6%)
- Special educational needs
- 10 pupils (13%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- Fewer than five pupils
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- Too few to publish
- Newcomer pupils
- 0 pupils (0%)
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 St Matthew's Primary School, Magheramayo: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 87, 80 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 87 | 80 | <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.
Ratings
| Achievements and Standards | Very good |
|---|---|
| Provision | Very good |
| Leadership and Management | Very good |