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St Patrick's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic64 pupilsPortrushCauseway Coast and Glens
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 needs14%NI 20%
Attendance90.1%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families45%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll64Census October 2025

St Patrick's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Portrush for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 64 pupils. About 45 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

109 Causeway Street, Portrush, BT56 8JEAll 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 roll64Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals45%29 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs14%; NI 20%
Catholic pupils70%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls29 / 35

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.1% 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.

Attendance90.1%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission7.0%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
Portrush Primary SchoolControlled280 m132ETI, no open dataCompare
Mill Strand Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated470 m413ETI, no open dataCompare
Carnalridge Primary SchoolControlled1.5 miles125ETI, no open dataCompare
Portstewart Primary SchoolControlled2.9 miles247ETI, no open dataCompare
St Colum's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.1 miles172ETI, no open dataCompare
Ballysally Primary SchoolControlled3.9 miles255ETI, no open dataCompare
Ballytober Primary SchoolControlled4.0 miles75ETI, no open dataCompare
Millburn Primary SchoolControlled4.4 miles272ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Patrick's Primary School a good school?

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

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

64 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
109 Causeway Street, Portrush, BT56 8JE
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
Causeway Coast and Glens
Ward
Portrush And Dunluce
Setting
Urban
DE reference
3030547 · LAESTAB 3030547

Where these figures come from