Rushall N.S.
Pike-of-Rushall, Mountrath, Co. Laois · R32 CK15 · Roll number 12231L
Rushall N.S. is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castletown. Every school in and around Castletown →
What stands out about Rushall N.S.
- A small primary school: 30 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 30 pupils, 27% fewer than the 41 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Castletown’s outline, 3.7 km away; listed with Castletown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rushall N.S. had 30 pupils in 2025/26, down from 33 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 42, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rushall 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 Rushall 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 Rushall 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 Rushall N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rushall 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rushall N.S. has shrunk by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castletown 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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Rushall N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −27%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | ||
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.6 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 40 km |
Living in Castletown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Castletown →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 Castletown →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 Castletown, R32 CK15
Primary schools near Rushall 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 Rushall N.S.
Is Rushall 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 Rushall N.S. have?
30 pupils in 2025/26. That is −27% since 2019/20.
Does Rushall N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Rushall N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rushall N.S.?
Rushall N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Rushall 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 Rushall N.S.?
The nearest are Castletown N.S. (4.8 km), St Josephs National School (5.6 km) and Camross N.S. (6.1 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 Castletown; 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).