If your child is starting pre-school or primary school in September 2026, you can apply for their place online, using the Education Authority Website. Applications are now closed.

The form should be completed online and the original child's birth certificate and any supporting information (if required) scanned and uploaded with your online application.  At the initial application we only require the child's birth certificate but we do reserve the right to ask for proof of address at a later point in the process.

Admissions criteria to be used in the event of the school being oversubscribed. The criteria are listed in order of priority:

1. Families who have a child currently enrolled in the school.
2. Children of staff currently employed in the school.
3. 3. (a) Children who live within the area comprising property on both sides of the Shore Road towards Belfast as far as the Hazelbank roundabout. From there, the Belfast-Larne railway line forms the boundary as far as the Bleach Green viaducts, where the boundary becomes the Bleach Green / Belfast-Coleraine railway line as far as the Jordanstown Road bridge at Monkstown. From there the catchment area incorporates the Rosemount and Mount Pleasant housing developments, to the disused railway line between Monkstown and Greenisland. The boundary then extends along the disused railway line before turning towards Belfast Lough and incorporating all of the Hartley Hall and Shorelands developments.
   The catchment area is completed by Belfast Lough forming the southern boundary. A map showing this area is available to download from our school webpage: Whiteabbey Primary School Website.
   NB: If following assessment of all eligible applications under criterion 3a the school remains oversubscribed, to differentiate between applicants, all applications accepted at criterion 3a, will be prioritised and accepted in order under criteria 3b to 3d:
   (b) children who are the first/eldest or only child in the family currently able to apply to a mainstream primary school;
   (c) children who are from families who have moved into the designated area (Point 3 above) within the current academic year and have older brothers or sisters seeking admission to the school;
   (d) children who attend Hollybank Nursery Unit, Monkstown Nursery School, St. James’ Nursery Unit and Whitehouse Nursery Unit.
   If following the consideration of applications under criteria 3a to 3d the school remains oversubscribed, the following will be used to differentiate between applicants: children who live nearest to the school as decided by a straight line from the front door of their normal residence to the main gates of the school as determined from Spatial NI.
4. If following criteria 1-3, the school has places available, remaining applications will be ranked according to straight line distance from the front door of their normal residence to the main gates of the school as determined from Spatial NI.

5. Following criteria 1-4, remaining applications will be ranked for the purposes of creating a waiting list, based on straight line distance from the front door of their normal residence to the main gates of the school as determined from Spatial NI.

Parents are invited to tour our school in early January 2026 by emailing office@whiteabbeyps.co.uk if they require admission for their child into P1 in September 2026.