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Rathmore, Co. Kerry · P51 ET85 · Roll number 17747C
S N na Srona is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathmore. Every school in and around Rathmore →
What stands out about S N na Srona
- A small primary school: 28 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Rathmore’s outline, 4.9 km away; listed with Rathmore, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S N na Srona had 28 pupils in 2025/26, against 23 in 2015/16 (+22%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 30, in 2022/23. 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 S N na Srona
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 na Srona 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 S N na Srona
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 S N na Srona
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S N na Srona 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S N na Srona is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Rathmore 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, 4 have more pupils than S N na Srona. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Breandan | 25 | +14% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km |
The other 124 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 61 km | |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 66 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 70 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 71 km | |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 73 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 76 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 76 km | |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 76 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 78 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 79 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 82 km |
Living in Rathmore
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the P51 Eircode area
Housing in Rathmore →The median sale price rose from €230,000 in 2023 to €266,200 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P51 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kerry
Cost of living in Rathmore →New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Rathmore, P51 ET85
Primary schools near S N na Srona
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S N na Srona
Is S N na Srona 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 na Srona have?
28 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does S N na Srona teach through Irish?
No: S N na Srona teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S N na Srona?
S N na Srona has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at S N na Srona?
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 na Srona?
The nearest are Holy Family National School (3.6 km), Scoil Naomh Breandan (4.2 km) and Scoil Barr Dubh (5.3 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 Rathmore; 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).