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S.N. Baile an Caislean

PrimaryPresbyterianDEIS

Castletown, St Johnston, Co. Donegal · F93 Y291 · Roll number 18700E

S.N. Baile an Caislean is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of St. Johnston. Every school in and around St. Johnston →

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Pupils
66
September, 2025/26
33 girls, 33 boys
Since 2019/20
+38%
from 48 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Presbyterian
Patron: Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
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. Baile an Caislean

  • 66 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 66 pupils, 38% more than the 48 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.
  • Its patron is Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; its ethos is Presbyterian.
  • Outside St. Johnston’s outline, 1.4 km away; listed with St. Johnston, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Baile an Caislean had 66 pupils in 2025/26, against 34 in 2015/16 (+94%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Baile an Caislean

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. Baile an Caislean 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. Baile an Caislean

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. Baile an Caislean

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

Families apply to S.N. Baile an Caislean 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.

Pupils
66
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+38%
from 48 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Baile an Caislean has grown by 38% since 2019/20. All the schools around St. Johnston together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Baile an Caislean+38%
The primary schools around St. Johnston+11%
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. Baile an Caislean. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +38%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Baile an Caislean66
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113
Monreagh48
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81
Ray51
Raphoe Central185
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓2.3 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓4.6 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.2 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓8.4 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓8.5 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓8.8 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish9.2 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓11 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish14 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓16 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish16 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish18 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓22 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish22 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish24 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓30 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓38 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish45 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish50 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish50 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish58 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish58 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish59 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓59 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓65 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish65 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓66 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
Living nearby

Living in St. Johnston

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

Median sale price
€165,200
routing key F93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in St. Johnston →

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 Co. Donegal

Cost of living in St. Johnston →

New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€893
2025€977

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

Location

Directions ↗

near St. Johnston, F93 Y291

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Baile an Caislean

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

S.N. Naomh Baoithin
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
113 pupils+3% since 2019/202.3 km
Monreagh N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
48 pupils+2% since 2019/204.6 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
84 pupils+12% since 2019/204.7 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
81 pupils−4% since 2019/207.2 km
Ray N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
51 pupils−20% since 2019/208.4 km
Raphoe Central N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
185 pupils−6% since 2019/208.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18700E

Questions about S.N. Baile an Caislean

Is S.N. Baile an Caislean 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. Baile an Caislean have?

66 pupils in 2025/26. That is +38% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Baile an Caislean teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Baile an Caislean teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Baile an Caislean?

S.N. Baile an Caislean has a Presbyterian ethos. Its patron is Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Baile an Caislean?

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. Baile an Caislean?

The nearest are S.N. Naomh Baoithin (2.3 km), Monreagh N.S. (4.6 km) and S.N. an Leinbh Iosa (4.7 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 St. Johnston; 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).