Cratloe N.S.
Cratloe, Co. Clare · V95 V596 · Roll number 04919H
Cratloe N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Cratloe. Every school in and around Cratloe →
What stands out about Cratloe N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 278 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Cratloe or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Cratloe’s outline, 0 km away; listed with Cratloe, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cratloe N.S. had 278 pupils in 2025/26, against 278 in 2015/16 (+0%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 311, 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 Cratloe 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 Cratloe 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 Cratloe 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 Cratloe N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cratloe 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: Cratloe N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Cratloe together changed by −2%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Cratloe N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| S N Naomh Iosef | 290 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| S N Muire na hEireann | 262 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Scoil Chriost Ri B | 278 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
The other 105 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
Living in Cratloe
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Cratloe →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Cratloe →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 Cratloe, V95 V596
Primary schools near Cratloe 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 Cratloe N.S.
Is Cratloe 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 Cratloe N.S. have?
278 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Cratloe N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Cratloe N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cratloe N.S.?
Cratloe N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.
How do pupils get a place at Cratloe 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 Cratloe N.S.?
The nearest are Sixmilebridge N.S. (5.2 km), S.N. Mhuire Miliuc (5.5 km) and S.N. Cluain Muinge (5.8 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 Cratloe; 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).