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St Patrick's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic25 pupilsCastlewellanNewry, 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 needs24%NI 20%
Attendance95.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils on roll25Census October 2025

St Patrick's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Castlewellan for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 25 pupils.

30 Burrenreagh Road, Castlewellan, BT31 9HHAll 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 roll25Census October 2025
Pupils with special educational needs24%; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Boys and girls11 / 14

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% 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.

Attendance95.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission0.5%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 Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles387ETI, no open dataCompare
Bunscoil Bheanna BoircheMaintained1.1 miles162ETI, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary School, CarnacavilleCatholic maintained2.1 miles190ETI, no open dataCompare
Annsborough Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.2 miles31ETI, no open dataCompare
St Matthew's Primary School, MagheramayoCatholic maintained2.6 miles80ETI, no open dataCompare
St Malachy's Primary School, KilcooCatholic maintained2.9 miles180ETI, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.3 miles362ETI, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary School, AughlisnafinCatholic maintained3.4 miles76ETI, 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?

25 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
30 Burrenreagh Road, Castlewellan, BT31 9HH
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
Tollymore
Setting
Rural
DE reference
4031671 · LAESTAB 4031671

Where these figures come from