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Killowen Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled424 pupilsLisburnLisburn and Castlereagh
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 needs29%NI 20%
Attendance93.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families24%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll424Census October 2025

Killowen Primary School is a controlled school in Lisburn for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 424 pupils. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

20 Laurel Hill Road, Lisburn, BT28 2UHAll 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 roll424Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals24%103 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs29%25 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils12%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils5%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls228 / 196

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.6% 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.

Attendance93.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission4.2%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
Pond Park Primary SchoolControlled610 m625ETI, no open data–Compare
Wallace High PreparatoryPrep0.6 miles52ETI, no open data–Compare
St Aloysius Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles428ETI, no open data–Compare
Tonagh Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles211ETI, no open data–Compare
Ballymacash Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles457ETI, no open data–Compare
Friends' School PreparatoryPrep0.9 miles151ETI, no open data–Compare
Knockmore Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles218ETI, no open data–Compare
Brownlee Primary SchoolControlled1.1 miles197ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Lisburn and CastlereaghPrimary schools in Lisburn

Questions parents ask

Is Killowen Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Killowen Primary School have?

424 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
20 Laurel Hill Road, Lisburn, BT28 2UH
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Ward
Ballymacash
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4016145 · LAESTAB 4016145
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from