S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
Fanore, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare · H91 P6F7 · Roll number 13379C
S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyvaughan. Every school in and around Ballyvaughan →
What stands out about S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
- A small primary school: 25 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−14%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballyvaughan’s outline, 8.5 km away; listed with Ballyvaughan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir had 25 pupils in 2025/26, down from 28 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 34, in 2023/24. 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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir 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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir has shrunk by 14% since 2019/20.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −14%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Einne | 171 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km |
The other 103 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 53 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 57 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
Living in Ballyvaughan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyvaughan →The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Ballyvaughan →New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballyvaughan, H91 P6F7
Primary schools near S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir
Is S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir 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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir have?
25 pupils in 2025/26. That is −14% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir?
S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir?
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 S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir?
The nearest are S.N. Eoin Baiste (8.7 km), Lisdoonvarna N.S. (9.6 km) and Doolin Mixed N.S. (13 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 Ballyvaughan; 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).