St MacNissi's Primary School
St MacNissi's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Newtownabbey for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 180 pupils. About 5 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
12A Christine Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6UEAll 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.
Attendance
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% 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.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossley Primary School | Controlled | 370 m | 536 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Earlview Primary School | Controlled | 0.7 miles | 175 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Carnmoney Primary School | Controlled | 0.8 miles | 372 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Mary's-on-the-Hill Primary School | Catholic maintained | 1.1 miles | 356 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Ashgrove Primary School | Controlled | 1.2 miles | 377 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Hollybank Primary School, Monkstown | Controlled | 1.4 miles | 184 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Ballyhenry Primary School | Controlled | 1.4 miles | 162 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| King's Park Primary School | Controlled | 1.5 miles | 271 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St MacNissi's Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St MacNissi's Primary School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does St MacNissi's Primary School have?
180 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
- 12A Christine Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 6UE
- 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
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Ward
- Mossley
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 3036139 · LAESTAB 3036139
Where these figures come from
- School details, enrolment, free school meals, special needs and newcomers: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) school-level enrolment data, October census (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Attendance: Department of Education school-level attendance tables.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.