Virtual Office
Welcome to our Virtual Office, here you can find all the latest school info and much more!
- Staff and Governors
- Admissions Criteria
- Prospectus
- School Rules
- Board of Governor Annual Reports
- Uniform
- Policies
- Links
- Transport
- Holidays
- RSE Programme
- Parent Info Sheets
- Meals and Breaks
- Timetable
- Waiting Room
- Breakfast Club
- Newsletters
- Inspection
- Complaints Procedure
STAFF
Principal – Mr Matthews (Deputy Designated Teacher for Child Protection)
Vice Principal – Mrs Cunningham (Designated Teacher for Child Protection)
Teachers
Year 1 | Mrs Ntareme | Mrs Mullan | Mrs Mc Manus |
Year 2 | Mrs Mc Caughan | Mrs Sipa | Mrs Quinn |
Year 3 | Mr Jones | Mrs O’Neill | Mrs O’Donnell |
Year 4 | Mrs Black | Mrs O’Neill | Miss Flanagan |
Year 5 | Mrs K Walsh | Mr Christie | Mrs A Walsh |
Year 6 | Mr Mc Laughlin | Mr Mc Shane | Mrs Magee |
Year 7 | Mr Henry | Mr Phillips | Mrs Duffy |
Newcomer Teacher – Miss O’Sullivan
Ancillary and Auxiliary
Admin Staff: Mrs McCollum & Mrs Mallon
Classroom Assistants
Mrs Walker —– Mrs Hirst
Mrs Trelford —– Mrs O’Neill
Miss McKay —– Mrs Gusterson
Mrs Hunter —– Mrs Jones
Mrs Magee —– Mrs. Murphy
Mrs Hussain —– Mrs Western
Miss Lavery ——
Building Supervisor
Mr Tony Mc Donnell
Chaplains
Fr Emerson and Fr O’Reilly
Board of Governors
Very Rev Fr S Emerson – Chair Person & Trustee
Mrs R Lynch – Vice – Chair & EA (Safeguarding & Ethos Governor)
Mr S Marley – DENI
Mr D Callan – EA
Mrs S Barwick – Trustee (Safeguarding Governor)
Mr B Michael – Trustee
Mrs C Gillan – Trustee
Mrs S Duffy – Teacher Governor (Safeguarding Governor)
Mrs M Ong – Parent Governor (Ethos Governor)
Mr J Matthews – Principal
Admissions Criteria
ST COMGALL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL | Maintained Primary School | |
Enrolment No: Admission No: | 536 77 |
Admission of Pupils to Primary 1
The following criteria will be applied in the order set down by the Board of Governors of St. Comgall’s Primary School in selecting children for the admission to P1 in September 2021. All children resident in Northern Ireland at the time of their proposed admission to the school will be selected for admission to the school before any child not so resident.
Admissions criteria to be used in the event of the school being oversubscribed. The criteria are listed in order of priority.
(a)Children who are of compulsory school age.
(b) Children who reside in the Parish of Antrim.
(c) Children who have a sibling presently enrolled in the school; *
(d) Children whose sibling is a past pupil of the school. *
(e) Children who are the eldest child to apply to a mainstream primary.
(f) Any other application from within the Antrim Parish boundary
(g) Any other application from outside the Antrim Parish boundary
(h) Children for whom St. Comgall’s is the closest maintained PS to their home address – as measured by google maps.
(i) Children who live closest to St. Comgall’s PS – as measured by google maps.
*If using criteria c or d, it is the responsibility of the applicant to list the sibling name and dates of attendance on the application form. Failure to do so will mean the Board of Governors will not be able to apply the selection criteria.
The New Digital Admissions Process opens 7th January 2021 . The closing date for punctual applications will be on 29th January 2021.
DUTY TO VERIFY
The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any application form.
If the requested evidence is not provided to the Board of Governors by the deadline given, this will result in the withdrawal of an offer of a place. Similarly, if information is supplied which appears to be false or misleading in any material way, the offer of a place will be withdrawn.
WAITING LIST POLICY
Applications for admission to Y1 for September 2021 before the start of the school year:
Letters will be issued advising parents of the primary school in which their child has been placed/not placed. After this date, all applications for admission to Year One that were initially refused, late applications, applications where new information has been provided and new applications received will be treated equally and the criteria as listed above will be applied. Your child’s name will be added to this list automatically and, if a place becomes available, the school will contact you in writing. This waiting list will be in place until 31 August 2021.
Parents must inform the school in writing if they wish to have their child’s name added to a new waiting list which will take effect from 1st September 2021. The school will contact you if a place becomes available.
ADMISSION TO Y2 – Y7
Applications for places in Y1-Y7 after the start of the school year i.e. from 1st September 2021:
If a vacancy arises and the school has not exceeded its maximum enrolment number, and provided no class from Y1 – Y4 exceeds 30 pupils, the above criteria will be applied to select pupils from the waiting list. It is the parent’s responsibility to inform the school in writing that they wish to have their child’s name added to the waiting list.
Applications and Admissions to Primary 1 | ||
Year | Total Applications | Total Admissions |
2016/2017 | 86 | 77 |
2017/2018 | 80 | 77 |
2018/2019 | 73 | 73 |
School Rules
- Children must be in school at 9.00 but no earlier than 8:45.
- Children must go to school every day. Holidays are not allowed during term time.
- If your child is not at school the reason must be provided to the teacher in the form of an absence note (for our records).
- If you want to take your child out of school for an urgent appointment you must telephone or write to the school.
- A child’s name should be on all belongings – bags, uniform, especially coats!
- Children must complete homework. All written homework activities must be signed by an adult.
- The only jewellery allowed in school is a watch. If earrings must be worn, only stud earrings are permitted. Only black school footwear – no high heels are permitted.
- Mobile phones are not to be brought to school.
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Please find below the link to our Board of Governor annual report to parents.
This report is produced by the Governing body annually.
A paper copy of these reports can be made available upon request at the school office.
Current Annual Report to Parents
Older Annual Reports
Where to Buy?
Uniform Supplier: THOUSAND STITCHES
BT41 4JZ Antrim
Tel: 07580136883
E-mail: info@thousandstiches.com
Web: www.thousandstiches.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thousandstiches/
School uniform is compulsory and must be labelled with name and class.
The school uniform must be worn in schools, at concerts and on school outings unless otherwise stated.
Summer uniform can be worn during the months of September, May & June.
Whilst all uniform supplies can be sourced from our uniform supplier, uniform items can be purchased from other suppliers – e.g. online or from large chain suppliers. Parents can chose if they wish their child to wear crested or not crested items. If sourcing non-crested items of uniform we ask that those items be of same style and colour.
Boys
BOYS’ UNIFORM
Winter Uniform
Royal Blue Jumper (crested/not)
Blue Shirt
Blue & White School Tie
Navy Trousers
Navy Socks
Black footwear
Summer Uniform
(September & May-June)
Blue Polo Shirt (Crested/Not)
Royal Blue Jumper (Crested/not)
Navy Shorts / Trousers
Navy Socks
Black Footwear
Girls
GIRLS’ UNIFORM
Winter Uniform
Royal Blue Cardigan or Jumper (Crested/not)
Blue Shirt
Blue & White School Tie
Navy Pinafore or Skirt
Navy Socks or Navy Tights
Black footwear
Summer Uniform
(September & May-June)
Blue & White Checked Summer Dress
Royal Blue Cardigan or Jumper (Crested/not)
Navy Socks
Black Footwear
Our old Uniform
Some of our old Uniforms were taken to Africa in the Summer of 2018.
The children there were delighted to get a uniform. Don’t they look great!
Policies
Please find below our Safeguarding policies. These are available to download in a .pdf format below. All other school policies are available upon request from the school.
Translated Policies
Links
Below are a few websites for parents and children who have English as an additional language.
We hope you find them helpful and if you need any further support please do not hesitate to contact us here in St.Comgall’s.
Family Support NI
Email: info@familysupportni.gov.uk
Click any of the buttons below to connect to websites
Transport
Children can travel to and from school on the bus.
Translink have increased the bus fare to 85p.
If there is a seat belt, it must be worn.
Children should sit in the first available seat and fill up the bus from the front.
Please select the relevant year group below to view the material that will be used to teach your children about Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE).
The ‘Wonder of My Being’ booklets will be used in conjunction with our religion programme. We require permission for your child to be part of the lessons. Please take time to view the material that will be used.
Below are our latest parent information sheets please click on the file below to download your selected month
Term 1 Parent Information Sheets
Term 2 Parent Information Sheets
Term 3 Parent Information Sheets
General Information Sheets

School Dinners
Dinners cost £2.60
Please note that the menu at times may change at short notice due to intermittent delivery issues.
Thank you.
The menu for the canteen is prepared a month in advance, it is sent home or can be viewed by clicking on the pdf above.
School dinners cost £2.60 each day. Alternatively, children are welcome to bring in a packed lunch.
Dinner children eat in the canteen. Lunch children eat in the classroom.
Due to COVID school dinners purchased will be brought to children to eat in their classroom.
Meals should be ordered and paid for in advance through the link sent to parents at the weekend, ALL payments should be sent to the class teacher on a Monday morning.
Lunch Time
Milk
Snacks
Due to COVID snacks from the canteen will not be available until further notice.
We will let you know as soon as they becomes available.
For a small charge children can buy buttered toast from the canteen each day.
Toast 25p (Everyday)
Bagel 30p ( Tuesday & Thursday)
Pancake 25p (Monday & Wednesday)
Healthy Eating
We operate a healthy eating policy.
We encourage children to have fruit and/or yogurt at break time and drink water throughout the day.
We have water fountains from which children can refill their bottles.
Due to allergies (some life threatening) we request that parents refrain from using nut based products in lunches such as Nutella spread.
Click on the links below to find information about healthy lunches and snacks.
Timetable
Registration – Learning Begins: 9am
Break Time: 10:30 – 10:45
Lunch Times:
P.1, P.2, P.3, P.4, P.5 : 12.00 – 12:40
P.6 & P.7 : 12.30 – 1.10
Home Times
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
P.1 | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm |
P.2 | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm | 1.45pm |
P.3 | 3pm | 3pm | 2pm | 2pm | 2pm |
P.4 | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm |
P.5 | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm |
P.6 | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm |
P.7 | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm | 3pm |
Waiting Room
Due to COVID this facility is not available until further notice.
We will let you know as soon as it becomes available.
To support families with multiple school pick-ups we have a facility from 2-3pm where children can remain in school.
A variety of activities take place and the children are given a small snack and drink.
This is a facility for children in P1/2/3 who wish to remain behind in school from their class finish time until 3pm.
Registration fee for the year is £20. It then costs £2 per day to use.
You can only use the facility if you have registered.
Breakfast Club
Due to COVID this facility is not available until further notice.
We will let you know as soon as it becomes available.
Breakfast Club is in the main school hall.
From 8.10am – 8.45 am
Cost: £1.50 per day for supervision, cereal, toast and fruit juice/milk.
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Below are our newsletters for friends and parents.
Newsletters are published three times a year – at the end of each term.
They give an overview of the life of the school. Enjoy!
Please follow the link below to view our most recent school inspection report, which was carried out by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI)at the beginning of March 2016.