Abbey Primary School
90 Movilla Road, Newtownards, BT23 8RQ · Ards And North Down
Newtownards’s School Grade B+ against Northern Ireland’s towns
What stands out about Abbey Primary School
- Northern Ireland publishes no results for primary schools, so it has no letter
- Mostly one community: 1% Catholic, 50% Protestant and 49% other or none
- 87 of 610 places free this year
Pupils
DE school census · October 2025 · 609 pupilsEach year group
Primary 1 to Primary 7.
Who goes here
Pupils by religion, against Newtownards’s other primary schools.
50 pupils are on the special needs register: 15 supported by the school at stages 1 and 2, and 35 with a statement. 4% are newcomer pupils, who don’t yet have the language of the curriculum.
Department of Education, school enrolment, school level data 2025/26: year groups, religion, SEN, newcomers.
Pupil numbers over time
Published school census enrolments, by academic year.
Department of Education school censuses, 2016/17–2025/26. This school’s reference number throughout; primary totals include attached nursery classes. Later workbooks separate specialist provision in mainstream; combined totals are used where published. Missing counts stay missing.
Schools near Abbey Primary School
Every mainstream school within 3 km. Post-primary schools are squares, with their letter; integrated schools are teal.
The five nearest
- Castle Gardens PS · Controlled · 1 km
- Movilla High School · Controlled · 1.1 km
- Victoria PS · Controlled · 1.4 km
- St Finian's PS · Catholic maintained · 1.7 km
- Londonderry PS · Controlled · 2.2 km
Schools of the same phase near Abbey Primary School
Nearest first, within the same nation, as the crow flies. Up to 8 km, or 25 km where there are fewer than three nearby. Catchments and admissions rules decide which school a child gets.
Abbey Primary School: common questions
How good is Abbey Primary School?
Northern Ireland doesn’t publish results for primary schools, so there is no letter. The Education and Training Inspectorate’s reports are the best guide.
How many pupils go to Abbey Primary School?
609 in October 2025, 319 boys and 290 girls.
Are there places at Abbey Primary School?
For 2025/26 the Department of Education counts 87 places free of its approved enrolment of 610. Apply through the Education Authority, in the January before your child starts Primary 1.
Not on this page yet: the Education and Training Inspectorate’s latest report and the school’s budget per pupil.
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