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Kilcooley Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled239 pupilsBangorArds and North Down
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 needs62%NI 20%
Attendance89.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families59%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll239Census October 2025

Kilcooley Primary School is a controlled school in Bangor for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 239 pupils. About 59 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Ganaway Avenue, Bangor, BT19 1QSAll 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 roll239Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals59%140 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs62%109 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Boys and girls169 / 70

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.0% 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.

Attendance89.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.1%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 Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained560 m376ETI, no open data–Compare
Rathmore Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles489ETI, no open data–Compare
Clandeboye Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles280ETI, no open data–Compare
Grange Park Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles398ETI, no open data–Compare
St Comgall's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles317ETI, no open data–Compare
Crawfordsburn Primary School, BangorControlled1.3 miles189ETI, no open data–Compare
Bangor Central Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.6 miles423ETI, no open data–Compare
Bloomfield Primary SchoolControlled1.7 miles397ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Ards and North DownPrimary schools in Bangor

Questions parents ask

Is Kilcooley Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kilcooley Primary School have?

239 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
Ganaway Avenue, Bangor, BT19 1QS
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Ards and North Down
Ward
Kilcooley
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4016002 · LAESTAB 4016002
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from