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St Columba's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic95 pupilsDerry 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 needs21%NI 20%
Attendance94.2%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families26%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll95Census October 2025

St Columba's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Clady for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 95 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

86 Bellspark Road, Clady, BT82 9QYAll 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.

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 roll95Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals26%25 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs21%11 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Boys and girls46 / 49

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.2% 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.

Attendance94.2%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission2.7%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 Theresa's Primary School, GlebeCatholic maintained1.7 miles77ETI, no open data–Compare
Sion Mills Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.4 miles214ETI, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained2.7 miles687ETI, no open data–Compare
Gaelscoil Ui DhochartaighMaintained3.2 miles169ETI, no open data–Compare
St Catherine's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.6 miles475ETI, no open data–Compare
St Eugene's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.8 miles75ETI, no open data–Compare
Strabane Primary SchoolControlled3.8 miles267ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Derry City and Strabane

Questions parents ask

Is St Columba's Primary School a good school?

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

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

95 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
86 Bellspark Road, Clady, BT82 9QY
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
Finn
Setting
Rural
DE reference
2032730 · LAESTAB 2032730
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from