Tobar an Leinn
Raheen, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois · R32 R296 · Roll number 16667W
Tobar an Leinn is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyroan. Every school in and around Ballyroan →
What stands out about Tobar an Leinn
- 168 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 168 pupils, 56% more than the 108 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballyroan’s outline, 4.2 km away; listed with Ballyroan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tobar an Leinn had 168 pupils in 2025/26, against 108 in 2015/16 (+56%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 170, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Tobar an Leinn
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 Tobar an Leinn 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 Tobar an Leinn
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 Tobar an Leinn
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tobar an Leinn 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: Tobar an Leinn has grown by 56% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyroan together changed by +11%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Tobar an Leinn. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +56%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | ||
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.1 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 8 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.1 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
Living in Ballyroan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyroan →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Laois
Cost of living in Ballyroan →New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballyroan, R32 R296
Primary schools near Tobar an Leinn
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Tobar an Leinn
Is Tobar an Leinn 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 Tobar an Leinn have?
168 pupils in 2025/26. That is +56% since 2019/20.
Does Tobar an Leinn teach through Irish?
No: Tobar an Leinn teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tobar an Leinn?
Tobar an Leinn has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Tobar an Leinn?
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 Tobar an Leinn?
The nearest are Trummera N.S. (4.1 km), Ballyroan Primary School (5.3 km) and Scoil Mhuire (5.5 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 Ballyroan; 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).