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Mount St Catherine's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic144 pupilsArmaghArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
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 needs36%NI 20%
Attendance85.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families41%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll144Census October 2025

Mount St Catherine's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Armagh for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 144 pupils. About 41 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

11 Windmill Hill, Armagh, BT60 4BRAll 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 roll144Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals41%59 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs36%29 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils60%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils51%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls71 / 73

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 85.6% 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.

Attendance85.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission11.3%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 Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained380 m178ETI, no open dataCompare
Armagh Christian Brothers Primary SchoolCatholic maintained420 m568ETI, no open dataCompare
Armagh Royal Preparatory DepartmentPrep920 m19ETI, no open dataCompare
The Armstrong Primary SchoolControlled0.6 miles461ETI, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles368ETI, no open dataCompare
Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.4 miles305ETI, no open dataCompare
Lisnadill Primary SchoolControlled2.8 miles148ETI, no open dataCompare
Killylea Primary SchoolControlled4.6 miles88ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Mount St Catherine's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Mount St Catherine's Primary School have?

144 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
11 Windmill Hill, Armagh, BT60 4BR
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Ward
Cathedral
Setting
Urban
DE reference
5031126 · LAESTAB 5031126

Where these figures come from