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St Joseph's Primary School, Bessbrook
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
28 Convent Hill, Bessbrook BT35 7AW · 028 3083 0356
On the mapSearch near BT35 7AW
Overview
- Places left
- 83
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 385
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 134 pupils (35%)
- Special educational needs
- 83 pupils (22%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 56 pupils (15%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 27 pupils (7%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 11 pupils (3%)
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 Joseph's Primary School, Bessbrook: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 362, 332 pupils on the roll at the October census, 83 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 53 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 | 53 | <5 | hidden |
| Primary | 362 | 332 | 53 | 83 |
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
- May 2009Follow-up inspection
- Dec 2007Focused inspection