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Gaelscoil An Chaistil

Primary · ages 4-11MixedMaintained84 pupilsBallycastleCauseway Coast and Glens
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 needs25%NI 20%
Attendance93.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families24%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll84Census October 2025

Gaelscoil An Chaistil is an other maintained school in Ballycastle for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 84 pupils. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

5 Kilns Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6QQAll 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.

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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 roll84Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals24%20 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs25%; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
LanguageIrish mediumTaught through Irish
Boys and girls39 / 45

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% 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.

Attendance93.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.0%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
St Patrick's & St Brigid's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained980 m407ETI, no open data–Compare
Ballycastle Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.7 miles188ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Causeway Coast and GlensPrimary schools in Ballycastle

Questions parents ask

Is Gaelscoil An Chaistil a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Gaelscoil An Chaistil yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Gaelscoil An Chaistil have?

84 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
5 Kilns Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6QQ
Type of school
Other maintained school (Other Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Causeway Coast and Glens
Ward
Ballycastle
Setting
Urban
DE reference
3046653 · LAESTAB 3046653
Language
Irish medium
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from