Loughbrickland Primary School
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Loughbrickland Primary School is a former primary school
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...

 located 1 mile from Loughbrickland, County Down
County Down
-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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. It catered for girls and boys aged from 3 to 11 and had 60 pupils. It was within the Southern Education and Library Board
Southern Education and Library Board
The Southern Education and Library Board is a board providing education and library services in the southern districts of Northern Ireland: namely the district councils of Armagh, Banbridge, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon and South Tyrone, and Newry and Mourne...

area.

Proposals were approved by the government to close Loughbrickland Primary School in August 2006 due to low numbers. The number of pupils enrolled at the school in 2002–03 was 45, in 2003–04 was 39 and in 2004–05 was 34. The school was closed in September 2006.
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