About Us
St Mary’s Primary School is situated in the Parish of Melmount. The school opened in 2012 as a result of the amalgamation of St Mary’s Boys’ and St Mary’s Girls’ Primary schools. We have an enrollment of 700 pupils, 596 primary school pupils and 104 nursery pupils. St Mary’s has a long tradition of inclusion and adaptations to the school buildings enable children with disability to attend.
The permanent staff comprises of the Principal, 2 Vice-Principals, 27 teachers and 26 classroom assistants (mainly special needs).
We put very strong emphasis on the three-way partnership between home, school and our parish community. Regular contact between parents and the school is encouraged.
The school operates on a split site, the Ballycolman Nursery, the Junior School (Melmount Nursery and P1-P4) and the Senior School (P5 – 7). The Junior School has 16 classrooms, a main hall an administration office, a Vice Principal’s and a Principal’s office. It has a purpose built full time self contained Nursery at the back of the building beside two playgrounds and a large grassy area. There are also 4 mobile classrooms beside the playgrounds.
The Senior School comprises of 12 classrooms, main hall, an administration office, a Vice Principal’s and a Principal’s office. Outside we have 3 mobile classrooms, one of which is the music room and one of the others is a staffroom. Another building beside the school playground is used as a canteen and a computer suite. We have one tarmac playground. Both buildings have a school library and a computer suite.
In 2013 St Mary's took over management of the Ballycolman Nursery and it is now part of St Mary's Nursery Unit. This doubled our capacity for Nursery places to 104.
The permanent staff comprises of the Principal, 2 Vice-Principals, 27 teachers and 26 classroom assistants (mainly special needs).
We put very strong emphasis on the three-way partnership between home, school and our parish community. Regular contact between parents and the school is encouraged.
The school operates on a split site, the Ballycolman Nursery, the Junior School (Melmount Nursery and P1-P4) and the Senior School (P5 – 7). The Junior School has 16 classrooms, a main hall an administration office, a Vice Principal’s and a Principal’s office. It has a purpose built full time self contained Nursery at the back of the building beside two playgrounds and a large grassy area. There are also 4 mobile classrooms beside the playgrounds.
The Senior School comprises of 12 classrooms, main hall, an administration office, a Vice Principal’s and a Principal’s office. Outside we have 3 mobile classrooms, one of which is the music room and one of the others is a staffroom. Another building beside the school playground is used as a canteen and a computer suite. We have one tarmac playground. Both buildings have a school library and a computer suite.
In 2013 St Mary's took over management of the Ballycolman Nursery and it is now part of St Mary's Nursery Unit. This doubled our capacity for Nursery places to 104.
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LOCATIONFrom Derry: Exit the A5. Take the first exit at the Bradley Way roundabout and continue approx 1km the Senior School can be found on your left. A further 100m up the road the Junior School is on your right.
From Omagh: Exit the A5. Take the second exit at the Melmount Road roundabout and continue 500m. The Junior School can be found on your left . A further 100m up the road the Senior School is on your right. |
