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Cookstown Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled459 pupilsCookstownMid Ulster
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 needs24%NI 20%
Attendance92.5%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families27%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll459Census October 2025

Cookstown Primary School is a controlled school in Cookstown for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 459 pupils. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

11 Molesworth Road, Cookstown, BT80 8PFAll 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.

Pupils on roll459Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals27%122 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs24%57 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils27%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils11%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls243 / 216

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.5% 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.

Attendance92.5%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.2%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
Gaelscoil EoghainMaintained310 m145ETI, no open dataCompare
Phoenix Integrated Primary School NUIntegrated390 m220ETI, no open dataCompare
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolCatholic maintained410 m678ETI, no open dataCompare
Churchtown Primary School, KillybaskyControlled2.9 miles53ETI, no open dataCompare
St Malachy's Primary School, DrummullanCatholic maintained3.2 miles51ETI, no open dataCompare
Lissan Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.2 miles121ETI, no open dataCompare
Orritor Primary SchoolControlled3.4 miles221ETI, no open dataCompare
Donaghey Primary SchoolControlled4.0 miles95ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Cookstown Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Cookstown Primary School have?

459 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
11 Molesworth Road, Cookstown, BT80 8PF
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Mid Ulster
Ward
Cookstown East
Setting
Urban
DE reference
5012726 · LAESTAB 5012726

Where these figures come from