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St Patrick's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic256 pupilsBallynahinchNewry, Mourne and 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 needs28%NI 20%
Attendance94.2%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families25%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll256Census October 2025

St Patrick's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Ballynahinch for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 256 pupils. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

38B Main Street, Ballynahinch, BT24 8DNAll 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 roll256Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals25%63 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs28%14 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils6%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils84%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls136 / 120

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 permission1.9%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

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SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Drumlins Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated340 m220ETI, no open data–Compare
Ballynahinch Primary SchoolControlled750 m229ETI, no open data–Compare
Spa Primary SchoolControlled1.8 miles209ETI, no open data–Compare
Christ the King Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.2 miles75ETI, no open data–Compare
Academy Primary School, BallynahinchControlled4.4 miles434ETI, no open data–Compare
Anahilt Primary SchoolControlled4.6 miles153ETI, no open data–Compare
Holy Family Primary SchoolCatholic maintained4.9 miles176ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Newry, Mourne and DownPrimary schools in Ballynahinch

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?

256 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
38B Main Street, Ballynahinch, BT24 8DN
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
Newry, Mourne and Down
Ward
Ballynahinch
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4031665 · LAESTAB 4031665
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from