Ms Anne McDonagh:

No, but the school was still losing numbers and it applied for a change of status so that it could take in other children and try to increase its numbers. The numbers were falling.

The schools already has DEIS band 1 status. Under the DEIS programme, junior classes have a ratio of 20:1 in a band 1 school and senior classes have a ratio of 24:1. Therefore, it will be several years before the ratio goes below 20:1 or 24:1.