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Ballycarry Primary School, Carrickfergus

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Welcome

I would like to welcome you to our website which will hopefully give you a flavour of the school as well as providing regularly updated information. 

Ballycarry Primary  is a rural community school in a beautiful setting.  We aim to provide a caring ethos where pupils feel happy and valued. We are proud of our very high standards of pastoral care and teaching within the school. Our transfer results are excellent and we frequently enjoy hearing about the successes of past pupils. The confidence that Ballycarry primary School instills in our pupils, sets them up for their next steps.

We are an inclusive school and have excellent facilities for disability access, with staff highly experienced in supporting children with additional needs.

Our expansive and wooded outdoor areas provide wonderful opportunities for outdoor learning and Forest School lessons. We have two fully trained Forest School staff.

We provide a range of sporting and musical activities both during and after school. Most recently we have added a gardening club to our afterschool activities.

To assist busy parents we provide a breakfast club from 8:00am and an early drop-off facility at 8:30 am. We also provide an After-schools Club for pupils in P1-P3 from 2-4pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

I hope you enjoy your visit to our website and if you have any questions or wish to experience our friendly school in person please feel free to contact us to arrange a visit.  

Mrs G Trueick

Principal 

Latest News

21st Jan 2026
 
 
 
 
20th Jan 2026
We enjoyed a visit from Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service NIFRS...
 
 
 
 
17th Dec 2025
Our pupils were superb in their Christmas Concert this morning....
 
 
 
 
 

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Upcoming Events...

Monday, 2nd February 2026
Parent Teacher Interviews (school closes at 2pm for all pupils)
Tuesday, 3rd February 2026
Parent Teacher Interviews (school closes at 2pm for all pupils)
Wednesday, 4th February 2026
Parent Teacher Interviews (school closes at 2pm for all pupils)
Thursday, 5th February 2026
Parent Teacher Interviews (school closes at 2pm for all pupils)
Friday, 6th February 2026
Crazy Hair Day (School finishes at 2pm)
Monday, 9th February 2026
Winter Half Term (school closed for all pupils)
Tuesday, 10th February 2026
Winter Half Term (school closed for all pupils)