St Josephs N.S.
Kingscourt, Co. Cavan · A82 RD70 · Roll number 20172R
St Josephs N.S. is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kingscourt. Every school in and around Kingscourt →
What stands out about St Josephs N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 377 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 4 primary schools around Kingscourt.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Josephs N.S. had 377 pupils in 2025/26, down from 425 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 429, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Josephs 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 St Josephs 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.
Inspection reports on St Josephs 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 a place at St Josephs N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Josephs 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Josephs N.S. has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kingscourt together changed by +18%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
St Josephs N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.2 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Drumgossatt N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
The other 72 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
Living in Kingscourt
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A82 Eircode area
Housing in Kingscourt →The median sale price rose from €240,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+29%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A82 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kingscourt
Cost of living in Kingscourt →New tenancies in Kingscourt averaged €1,184 a month in 2025, against €1,020 in 2024 (+16%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kingscourt, A82 RD70
Primary schools near St Josephs 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 St Josephs N.S.
Is St Josephs 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 St Josephs N.S. have?
377 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does St Josephs N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Josephs N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Josephs N.S.?
St Josephs N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at St Josephs 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 St Josephs N.S.?
The nearest are Cabra Central N.S. (2.2 km), S.N. Lathrach 2 (3.8 km) and Carrickleck N.S. (4 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 Kingscourt; 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).