Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
Durrow, Co. Laois · R32 FW18 · Roll number 20065Q
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Durrow. Every school in and around Durrow →
What stands out about Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
- 192 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Durrow or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo had 192 pupils in 2025/26, down from 194 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 201, in 2023/24. 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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo 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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo 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: Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Durrow 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.
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.8 km |
The other 58 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 25 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km |
Living in Durrow
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Durrow →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 Durrow →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 ↗Durrow, R32 FW18
Primary schools near Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
Is Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo 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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo have?
192 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo teach through Irish?
No: Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo?
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo?
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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo?
The nearest are Naomh Pius X N.S. (5.3 km), Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa (6 km) and Lisdowney N.S. (6.3 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 Durrow; 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).