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St Colmcille's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic438 pupilsFermanagh and Omagh
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%
Attendance95.5%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families13%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll438Census October 2025

St Colmcille's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Carrickmore for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 438 pupils. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

2 Rockstown Road, Carrickmore, BT79 9BDAll 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 roll438Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals13%57 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs24%25 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils1%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils98%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls218 / 220

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.5% 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.

Attendance95.5%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.3%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 Teresa's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained2.9 miles167ETI, no open dataCompare
Cooley Primary SchoolControlled4.1 miles87ETI, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained4.7 miles202ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Colmcille's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Colmcille's Primary School have?

438 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
2 Rockstown Road, Carrickmore, BT79 9BD
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
Fermanagh and Omagh
Ward
Termon
Setting
Rural
DE reference
2032737 · LAESTAB 2032737

Where these figures come from