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Ballymacash Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled457 pupilsLisburnLisburn and Castlereagh
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredNorthern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades or progress figures, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, special needs and attendance are below.
Pupils with special needs14%NI 20%
Attendance94.3%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families19%A bit fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll457Census October 2025

Ballymacash Primary School is a controlled school in Lisburn for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 457 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

16 Brokerstown Road, Lisburn, BT28 2EEAll details

Inspection

Schools in Northern Ireland are inspected by the Education and Training Inspectorate. Since 2024 its reports end with a written summary and next steps instead of a grade, and there is no published list of outcomes.

Find this school's ETI reports

Results

Northern Ireland publishes no results for individual primary schools, so there are none to show. Enrolment, free school meals, special needs and attendance are below.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. When more children apply than there are places, the school's published rules decide, usually brothers and sisters first, then parish or feeder links, then whoever lives closest.

Apply through the Education Authority's online admissions system in January.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll457Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals19%87 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs14%28 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils2%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils4%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls236 / 221

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.3% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 94.0%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.

Attendance94.3%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.1%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Killowen Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles424ETI, no open data–Compare
Knockmore Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles218ETI, no open data–Compare
Pond Park Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles625ETI, no open data–Compare
St Aloysius Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.1 miles428ETI, no open data–Compare
Tonagh Primary SchoolControlled1.4 miles211ETI, no open data–Compare
Wallace High PreparatoryPrep1.4 miles52ETI, no open data–Compare
Old Warren Primary SchoolControlled1.6 miles149ETI, no open data–Compare
Friends' School PreparatoryPrep1.7 miles151ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Lisburn and CastlereaghPrimary schools in Lisburn

Questions parents ask

Is Ballymacash Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Ballymacash Primary School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Ballymacash Primary School have?

457 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in October 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
16 Brokerstown Road, Lisburn, BT28 2EE
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Ward
Ballymacoss
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4016441 · LAESTAB 4016441
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from