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Crosskeys Central N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Carrickatober, Crosskeys, Co. Cavan · H12 Y998 · Roll number 19432K

Crosskeys Central N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyjamesduff. Every school in and around Ballyjamesduff →

Pupils
118
September, 2025/26
65 girls, 53 boys
Since 2019/20
+9%
from 108 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kilmore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Crosskeys Central N.S.

  • 118 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyjamesduff’s outline, 6.6 km away; listed with Ballyjamesduff, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Crosskeys Central N.S. had 118 pupils in 2025/26, down from 119 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 55% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

03060901201502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Crosskeys Central N.S.

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for Crosskeys Central N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Crosskeys Central N.S.

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at Crosskeys Central N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Crosskeys Central N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

Pupils
118
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+9%
from 108 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Crosskeys Central N.S. has grown by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyjamesduff together changed by −4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Crosskeys Central+9%
The primary schools around Ballyjamesduff−2%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Crosskeys Central N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +9%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Crosskeys Central118
Aughadreena87
Killyconnan72
Crosserlough93
Drumkilly96
S.N. Cruabanai174
St Michaels50
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Crosskeys Central N.S.118+9%CatholicEnglish
Aughadreena National School87−10%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
Killyconnan N.S.72−14%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
Crosserlough N.S.93−14%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Drumkilly N.S.96−24%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
S.N. Cruabanai174−19%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
St Michaels N.S.50−22%CatholicEnglish7.3 km
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Cavan
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Clares N.S.422−2%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Kilnaleck Mixed N.S.106+9%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Corr Lorgan65−28%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Killygarry N.S.198−8%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Billis N.S.78−9%Church of IrelandEnglish8.6 km
S.N. Lathrach140+12%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
S.N. Drom Cnamh47−28%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
S N Beal Atha na nEach229+6%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
St Clares Primary School548+3%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Gaelscoil Bhreifne193+87%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓10 km
St Patricks63+2%CatholicEnglish10 km
Cavan 1 N.S.102+44%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch265+5%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Ballynarry N.S.111+22%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Mhuire92−7%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Bhride94+0%CatholicEnglish12 km
Kilmore Central N.S.49−18%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Dromaili S.N.213−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Castlerahan Central N.S.96−31%CatholicEnglish12 km
Castletara N.S.183−4%CatholicEnglish12 km
Killinkere N.S.151−3%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Mary's N.S.31−49%CatholicEnglish14 km
Drung No 2 NS4−85%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh83+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
Mullahoran Central N.S.164−12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Ballyhaise N.S.152−14%CatholicEnglish14 km
Virginia Mxd N.S.463+6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Butlersbridge N.S.261+0%CatholicEnglish16 km
Kill N.S.126+15%CatholicEnglish16 km
Corliss N.S.19−44%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Leitir187−7%CatholicEnglish17 km
Coronea N.S.14−36%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Padraig51−7%CatholicEnglish17 km
Cnoc an Teampaill158+19%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Cillin94+3%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Patricks Mxd N.S.93+0%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Naomh Brid108+6%CatholicEnglish19 km
Bailieboro N.S.288−6%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Bailieboro Model N.S.83−22%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S N Doire na Ceise143−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Maodhog54−17%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Bhride85+1%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Carraig A Bruis103−31%CatholicEnglish20 km
Killeshandra National School ( C of I)48−29%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Baile na Mona108−10%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Marys N.S.102−18%CatholicEnglish21 km
Darley N.S.130+18%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Milltown N.S.173+31%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Michaels National School232−13%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School74+21%CatholicEnglish23 km
Fairgreen N.S.33−18%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
St Killians N.S.328−10%CatholicEnglish23 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.163−1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Kildallon N.S.46+7%CatholicEnglish25 km
Searcog I N.S.183−8%CatholicEnglish26 km
Corlea N.S.9−70%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Lathrach 2129−10%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Greach Rathain69+57%CatholicEnglish27 km
Cabra Central N.S.57−2%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
Ballyconnell Mxd N.S.199+16%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Josephs N.S.377−11%CatholicEnglish30 km
Ballyconell Central N.S.24−4%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
S.N. Naomh Maodhog68+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Aodhain Naofa76+41%CatholicEnglish35 km
St Patrick's NS47+2%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Mhuire57+16%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Corrabha20–CatholicEnglish✓53 km
St Patricks N.S.60+5%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyjamesduff

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€215,000
129 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€946
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A82 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyjamesduff →

The median sale price rose from €240,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+29%).

2023€240,000
2024€270,000
2025€310,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€357,100
Second-hand homes€261,300

Property Price Register sales in the A82 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballyjamesduff

Cost of living in Ballyjamesduff →

New tenancies in Ballyjamesduff averaged €946 a month in 2025, against €883 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€883
2025€946

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

near Ballyjamesduff, H12 Y998

Nearby

Primary schools near Crosskeys Central N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Crosskeys Central N.S.

Is Crosskeys Central N.S. a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does Crosskeys Central N.S. have?

118 pupils in 2025/26. That is +9% since 2019/20.

Does Crosskeys Central N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Crosskeys Central N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Crosskeys Central N.S.?

Crosskeys Central N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.

How do pupils get a place at Crosskeys Central N.S.?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near Crosskeys Central N.S.?

The nearest are Aughadreena National School (3.4 km), Killyconnan N.S. (4.8 km) and Crosserlough N.S. (5.1 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ballyjamesduff; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).