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St Patrick's Primary School, Ballygalget

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic101 pupilsPortaferryArds 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 needs18%NI 20%
Attendance96.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families9%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll101Census October 2025

St Patrick's Primary School, Ballygalget is a catholic maintained school in Portaferry for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 101 pupils. About 9 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

10 Ballygalget Road, Portaferry, BT22 1NEAll 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 roll101Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals9%9 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs18%6 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Boys and girls45 / 56

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.0% 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.

Attendance96.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.1%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
Kirkistown Primary School, NewtownardsControlled2.4 miles56ETI, no open data–Compare
Portaferry Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.5 miles76ETI, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained2.7 miles155ETI, no open data–Compare
St Joseph's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.6 miles69ETI, no open data–Compare
Portavogie Primary School, NewtownardsControlled4.0 miles194ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Ards and North DownPrimary schools in Portaferry

Questions parents ask

Is St Patrick's Primary School, Ballygalget a good school?

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

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

101 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
10 Ballygalget Road, Portaferry, BT22 1NE
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
Portaferry
Setting
Rural
DE reference
4033028 · LAESTAB 4033028
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from