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Drumcarbit, Malin, Co. Donegal · F93 KP89 · Roll number 17721H
Scoil Treasa Naofa is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Malin. Every school in and around Malin →
What stands out about Scoil Treasa Naofa
- 137 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 137 pupils, 40% more than the 98 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Malin or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Malin’s outline, 0.3 km away; listed with Malin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Treasa Naofa had 137 pupils in 2025/26, against 81 in 2015/16 (+69%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Treasa Naofa
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 Scoil Treasa Naofa 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 Scoil Treasa Naofa
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 Scoil Treasa Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Treasa Naofa 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. 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: Scoil Treasa Naofa has grown by 40% 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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Scoil Treasa Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +40%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 49 km |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 50 km | |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 61 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 62 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 62 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 74 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 74 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 75 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 81 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 81 km |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 83 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 84 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 86 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 86 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 88 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 88 km | |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 90 km | |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 90 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 91 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 92 km | |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 94 km | |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 94 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 94 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 94 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 95 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 97 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 97 km |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 97 km | |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 97 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 97 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 103 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 103 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 104 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 105 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 106 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 107 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 107 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 107 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 107 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 107 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 107 km | |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 109 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 113 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 113 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 113 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 115 km |
Living in Malin
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Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Malin →The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).
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Renting in Co. Donegal
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Location
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near Malin, F93 KP89
Primary schools near Scoil Treasa Naofa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Treasa Naofa
Is Scoil Treasa Naofa 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 Scoil Treasa Naofa have?
137 pupils in 2025/26. That is +40% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Treasa Naofa teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Treasa Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Treasa Naofa?
Scoil Treasa Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Treasa Naofa?
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 Scoil Treasa Naofa?
The nearest are Naomh Bridhid (4.7 km), S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh (4.7 km) and Scoil Cholmchille (5.2 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 Malin; 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).