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S.N. Gleann Coimhead

PrimaryCatholic

BALLYBOFEY, CO DONEGAL · F93 XF59 · Roll number 17575W

S.N. Gleann Coimhead is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballybofey-Stranorlar. Every school in and around Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

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Pupils
57
September, 2025/26
29 girls, 28 boys
Since 2019/20
−34%
from 87 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Gleann Coimhead

  • A small primary school: 57 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 57 pupils, 34% fewer than the 87 of 2019/20.
  • The smallest of the 5 primary schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballybofey-Stranorlar’s outline, 0.9 km away; listed with Ballybofey-Stranorlar, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Gleann Coimhead had 57 pupils in 2025/26, down from 79 in 2015/16 (−28%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 87, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Gleann Coimhead

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. Gleann Coimhead 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 S.N. Gleann Coimhead

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 S.N. Gleann Coimhead

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

Families apply to S.N. Gleann Coimhead 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
57
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−34%
from 87 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Gleann Coimhead has shrunk by 34% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar together changed by +14%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Gleann Coimhead−34%
The primary schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar−1%
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Gleann Coimhead. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −34%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Gleann Coimhead57
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167
Scoil Mhuire B & C489
Robertson89
S.N. an Droim Mor229
Killygordan22
Gleneely45
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓1.9 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓2.1 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓2.5 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓5 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓5.1 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish7.6 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓8 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓15 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓20 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish26 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish27 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish27 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓27 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish28 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish28 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish29 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish31 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish32 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish44 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish44 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish45 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish65 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish68 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballybofey-Stranorlar

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

Median sale price
€176,000
229 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€868
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballybofey-Stranorlar

Cost of living in Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

New tenancies in Ballybofey-Stranorlar averaged €868 a month in 2025, against €752 in 2024 (+15%).

2024€752
2025€868

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Ballybofey-Stranorlar, F93 XF59

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Gleann Coimhead

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

S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
167 pupils−6% since 2019/201.9 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
489 pupils+8% since 2019/202.1 km
Robertson N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
89 pupils+35% since 2019/202.5 km
S.N. an Droim Mor
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
229 pupils−1% since 2019/205 km
Killygordan N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
22 pupils+5% since 2019/205.1 km
Gleneely N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
45 pupils−33% since 2019/205.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17575W

Questions about S.N. Gleann Coimhead

Is S.N. Gleann Coimhead 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. Gleann Coimhead have?

57 pupils in 2025/26. That is −34% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Gleann Coimhead teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Gleann Coimhead teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Gleann Coimhead?

S.N. Gleann Coimhead has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Gleann Coimhead?

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. Gleann Coimhead?

The nearest are S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill (1.9 km), Scoil Mhuire B & C (2.1 km) and Robertson N.S. (2.5 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 Ballybofey-Stranorlar; 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).