Dromore Central Primary School

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Dromore Central Primary School is a primary school located in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school was built in 1938 (with major extension and refurbishment in 1979) and has 600 pupils aged from 4-11 years in 21 classes. The schools aims "to promote the all-round development of every pupil". It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.

The school is situated on the main Dromore-Banbridge road (once the trunk route from Belfast to Dublin). It sits only 300 yards from the Market Square. Since 2001, the compulsory school uniform has consisted of a green pullover, a red polo-shirt and grey trousers, this replaced a brown-yellow uniform which had been worn since the 1970s.

[edit] New Building

In August 2006, the Education and Library Board announced it was proceeding with the acquisition of a site at Mossvale Road in Dromore, for a replacement school for the over-stretched Dromore Central Primary School. Tullymacarette Primary School, sited 3 miles from the town, closed on 30th June 2007. All its pupils fed into Dromore Central with the exception of those who desired to go to another local school. The Dromore Town Centre Development Plan suggests that the existing site could be developed into a community centre or a hotel. Rumours have circulated that the building may be used to accommodate a Sixth Form facility for Dromore High School. However, there has been no official confirmation of such a project to date.