Bessbrook Primary School, Newry
Bessbrook Primary School, Newry is a controlled school in Bessbrook for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 124 pupils. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.
14 Church Road, Bessbrook, BT35 7AQAll 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.
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.
Attendance
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 91.5% 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.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 440 m | 385 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Peter's Primary School, Cloughreagh | Catholic maintained | 760 m | 352 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Malachy's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 1.3 miles | 304 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Mullaglass Primary School | Controlled | 1.6 miles | 85 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Patrick's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 2.1 miles | 446 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Malachy's Primary School, Carnagat | Catholic maintained | 2.2 miles | 239 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Brigid's Primary School, Drumilly | Catholic maintained | 2.2 miles | 120 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Joseph's Convent Primary School | Catholic maintained | 2.7 miles | 468 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bessbrook Primary School, Newry a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bessbrook Primary School, Newry yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Bessbrook Primary School, Newry have?
124 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
- 14 Church Road, Bessbrook, BT35 7AQ
- Type of school
- Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Ward
- Bessbrook
- Setting
- Rural
- DE reference
- 5011179 · LAESTAB 5011179
Where these figures come from
- School details, enrolment, free school meals, special needs and newcomers: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) school-level enrolment data, October census (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Attendance: Department of Education school-level attendance tables.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.