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Derrychrin Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic165 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 needs6%NI 20%
Attendance94.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families18%A bit fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll165Census October 2025

Derrychrin Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Cookstown for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 165 pupils. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

30 Drumenny Road, Cookstown, BT80 0BXAll 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.

As a Catholic school it may put baptised Catholic children first.

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 roll165Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals18%30 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs6%; NI 20%
Catholic pupils97%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls97 / 68

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.7% 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.

Attendance94.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission0.6%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
Ballylifford Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.2 miles78ETI, no open dataCompare
Coagh Primary SchoolControlled2.3 miles129ETI, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary School, MoortownCatholic maintained2.7 miles149ETI, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary School, MullinahoeCatholic maintained2.9 miles229ETI, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary School, LoupCatholic maintained3.1 miles171ETI, no open dataCompare
St Malachy's Primary School, DrummullanCatholic maintained4.1 miles51ETI, no open dataCompare
Woods Primary SchoolControlled4.5 miles180ETI, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained4.7 miles100ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Derrychrin Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Derrychrin Primary School have?

165 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
30 Drumenny Road, Cookstown, BT80 0BX
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Mid Ulster
Ward
Coagh
Setting
Rural
DE reference
5032713 · LAESTAB 5032713

Where these figures come from