Paddock N.S.
Paddock, Mountrath, Co. Laois · R32 EV80 · Roll number 13173F
Paddock N.S. is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountrath. Every school in and around Mountrath →
What stands out about Paddock N.S.
- 80 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mountrath’s outline, 2.1 km away; listed with Mountrath, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Paddock N.S. had 80 pupils in 2025/26, against 75 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 82, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Paddock 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 Paddock 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 Paddock 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 Paddock N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Paddock 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: Paddock N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Mountrath together changed by +6%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Paddock N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.8 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 24 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
Living in Mountrath
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Mountrath →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 Mountrath
Cost of living in Mountrath →New tenancies in Mountrath averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,077 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Mountrath, R32 EV80
Primary schools near Paddock 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 Paddock N.S.
Is Paddock 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 Paddock N.S. have?
80 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Paddock N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Paddock N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Paddock N.S.?
Paddock N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Paddock 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 Paddock N.S.?
The nearest are Cluain Eidhneach N.S. (2.8 km), Scoil Bhride (2.9 km) and St Fintans N.S. (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 Mountrath; 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).