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Sacred Heart Primary School, Trench Road

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic415 pupilsLondonderryDerry 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 needs24%NI 20%
Attendance92.9%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families38%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll415Census October 2025

Sacred Heart Primary School, Trench Road is a catholic maintained school in Londonderry for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 415 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

10 Trench Road, Londonderry, BT47 2DTAll 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 roll415Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals38%157 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs24%22 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils1%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils99%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls197 / 218

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.9% 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.

Attendance92.9%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission5.0%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
Chapel Road Primary SchoolCatholic maintained560 m189ETI, no open dataCompare
Good Shepherd Primary School, DerryCatholic maintained960 m442ETI, no open dataCompare
Fountain Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles83ETI, no open dataCompare
Nazareth House Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles201ETI, no open dataCompare
Lisnagelvin Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles566ETI, no open dataCompare
Longtower Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles260ETI, no open dataCompare
Oakgrove Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.0 miles430ETI, no open dataCompare
Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, DerryMaintained1.1 miles182ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Sacred Heart Primary School, Trench Road a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sacred Heart Primary School, Trench Road yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Sacred Heart Primary School, Trench Road have?

415 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
10 Trench Road, Londonderry, BT47 2DT
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
Derry City and Strabane
Ward
Clondermot
Setting
Urban
DE reference
2036259 · LAESTAB 2036259

Where these figures come from