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Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh

Primary · ages 4-11MixedMaintained169 pupilsStrabaneDerry City and Strabane
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 needs18%NI 20%
Attendance94.3%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families39%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll169Census October 2025

Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh is an other maintained school in Strabane for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 169 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

115A Ballycolman Estate, Strabane, BT82 9AQAll 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 roll169Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals39%65 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs18%13 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils94%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
LanguageIrish mediumTaught through Irish
Boys and girls77 / 92

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 permission1.3%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 Catherine's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained670 m475ETI, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained860 m687ETI, no open dataCompare
Strabane Primary SchoolControlled1.0 miles267ETI, no open dataCompare
Sion Mills Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.4 miles214ETI, no open dataCompare
St Theresa's Primary School, GlebeCatholic maintained2.4 miles77ETI, no open dataCompare
St Columba's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.2 miles95ETI, no open dataCompare
Artigarvan Primary School, StrabaneControlled3.4 miles170ETI, no open dataCompare
St Eugene's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained4.0 miles75ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh a good school?

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

How many pupils does Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh have?

169 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
115A Ballycolman Estate, Strabane, BT82 9AQ
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
Derry City and Strabane
Ward
Ballycolman
Setting
Urban
DE reference
2046638 · LAESTAB 2046638
Language
Irish medium

Where these figures come from