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Kircubbin Community Nursery School, Newtownards

Nursery · ages 3-4MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic52 pupilsNurseryKircubbinArds 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 needs14%NI 21%
Pupils from low-income families27%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll52Census October 2025

Kircubbin Community Nursery School, Newtownards is a catholic maintained school in Kircubbin for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 52 pupils. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

1 Church Grove, Kircubbin, BT22 2SUAll 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 roll52Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals27%14 pupils; NI 44%
Pupils with special educational needs14%; NI 21%
Catholic pupils48%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls28 / 24

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0 m132ETI, no open dataCompare
Kircubbin Integrated Primary School, NewtownardsIntegrated230 m194ETI, no open dataCompare
Victoria Primary SchoolControlled2.8 miles87ETI, no open dataCompare
Glastry College, NewtownardsControlled2.8 miles627ETI, no open dataCompare
Greyabbey Primary School, NewtownardsControlled3.5 miles74ETI, no open dataCompare
Portavogie Primary School, NewtownardsControlled4.2 miles194ETI, no open dataCompare
Kirkistown Primary School, NewtownardsControlled4.2 miles56ETI, no open dataCompare
Ballywalter Primary School, BallywaterControlled4.5 miles151ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kircubbin Community Nursery School, Newtownards a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Kircubbin Community Nursery School, Newtownards yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Kircubbin Community Nursery School, Newtownards have?

52 pupils aged 3 to 4 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
1 Church Grove, Kircubbin, BT22 2SU
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 3-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Ards and North Down
Ward
Kircubbin
Setting
Rural
DE reference
4136626 · LAESTAB 4136626

Where these figures come from