St Olivers N.S.
Ballycasheen, Killarney, Co. Kerry · V93 W594 · Roll number 19512I
St Olivers N.S. is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Killarney. Every school in and around Killarney →
What stands out about St Olivers N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 625 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 9 primary schools around Killarney.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Olivers N.S. had 625 pupils in 2025/26, down from 776 in 2015/16 (−19%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Olivers 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 St Olivers 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 St Olivers 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 St Olivers N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Olivers 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: St Olivers N.S. has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killarney together changed by +7%.
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.
St Olivers N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.9 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km |
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 58 km | |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 60 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 61 km |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 61 km | |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 66 km |
Living in Killarney
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Homes in the V93 Eircode area
Housing in Killarney →The median sale price rose from €284,000 in 2023 to €330,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Killarney
Cost of living in Killarney →New tenancies in Killarney averaged €1,302 a month in 2025, against €1,201 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Killarney, V93 W594
Primary schools near St Olivers 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 St Olivers N.S.
Is St Olivers 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 St Olivers N.S. have?
625 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does St Olivers N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Olivers N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Olivers N.S.?
St Olivers N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at St Olivers 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 St Olivers N.S.?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Faithleann (0.9 km), Holy Cross Primary School (1.6 km) and Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach (1.8 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 Killarney; 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).