Moving to Fermanagh - Advice on schools Irvinestown or Ballinamallard

hatcat

Hiya,

Any locals about that could give me some local knowledge on schools.

We are moving in August and have 2 girls, we are looking at 2 schools: Irvinestown Primary School or Ballinamallard Primary School., both look good on paper, does anyone have any 'inside info' or preference?

Any of your kids go to these schools? Are they good? Any issues? I know Irvinestown do French in P.7, anyone know if Ballinamallard do too?

Any help is really appreciated, it's such a hard decision to make, we've visited them both once, but we live 2 hours away so it's hard to really get a feel for them (plus as soon as I left, thats when I thought of all the questions I 'should have' asked.) now it's summmer so we can't visit the schools again.

Thanks guys

dodo69

Both good schools and well run but if I had the choice .... Kesh Primary School. Awesome results and lots to develop your children in every way - sport, language, music and drama. My niece leaves there this this year and the family agree its been an awesome experience for her.

36square

How about choosing the school that's nearest to where you will live. That's only if you actually want to belong, of course.

36square

dodo69 wrote: »

Awesome results...

How exactly do you measure the 'awesomeness' of the results?

warmhands.coldheart

36square wrote: »

How exactly do you measure the 'awesomeness' of the results?

Great = (√Good) x 5
Fab is Great x ∏
Awesome is Log 10 Fab

Simple Really
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CountryGirl7676

I myself attended Kesh Primary School albeit quite a while back, however, I would highly recommend it.

dodo69

Awesome in that its a bright, new modern £2m Primary School with playing fields, eco garden and excellent grounds. Drama - first class show with Dan Gordon, playing rugby in Ravenhill (boys and girls), links with other schools locally and up in the big smoke. Results are excellent at all levels with good support for specific learning needs. Wee niece is sad to leave.