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St Malachy's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic376 pupilsBangorArds and North Down
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 needs23%NI 20%
Attendance94.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families34%A bit more than most schools
Pupils on roll376Census October 2025

St Malachy's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Bangor for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 376 pupils. About 34 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

197 Clandeboye Road, Bangor, BT19 1AAAll 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 roll376Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals34%126 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs23%27 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils24%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils29%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls179 / 197

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.0% 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.

Attendance94.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission2.4%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
Kilcooley Primary SchoolControlled560 m239ETI, no open data–Compare
Clandeboye Primary SchoolControlled890 m280ETI, no open data–Compare
Grange Park Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles398ETI, no open data–Compare
St Comgall's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles317ETI, no open data–Compare
Rathmore Primary SchoolControlled1.0 miles489ETI, no open data–Compare
Bloomfield Primary SchoolControlled1.3 miles397ETI, no open data–Compare
Bangor Central Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.4 miles423ETI, no open data–Compare
Crawfordsburn Primary School, BangorControlled1.6 miles189ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Ards and North DownPrimary schools in Bangor

Questions parents ask

Is St Malachy's Primary School a good school?

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

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

376 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
197 Clandeboye Road, Bangor, BT19 1AA
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
Ards and North Down
Ward
Rathgael
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4036148 · LAESTAB 4036148
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from