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St Paul's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic219 pupilsIrvinestownFermanagh and Omagh
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%
Attendance93.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families25%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll219Census October 2025

St Paul's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Irvinestown for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 219 pupils. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

7 Lisnarick Road, Irvinestown, BT94 1EYAll 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 roll219Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals25%54 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs24%24 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils4%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils95%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls99 / 120

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% 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.

Attendance93.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.9%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Irvinestown Primary SchoolControlled340 m185ETI, no open dataCompare
Knocknagor Primary SchoolCatholic maintained3.9 miles46ETI, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained4.0 miles151ETI, no open dataCompare
Ballinamallard Primary SchoolControlled4.0 miles173ETI, no open dataCompare
Kesh Primary SchoolControlled4.4 miles267ETI, no open dataCompare
Queen Elizabeth II Primary School, KilskeeryControlled4.9 miles29ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Paul's Primary School a good school?

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

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

219 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
7 Lisnarick Road, Irvinestown, BT94 1EY
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
Fermanagh and Omagh
Ward
Irvinestown
Setting
Rural
DE reference
2031898 · LAESTAB 2031898

Where these figures come from