Portlaoise Educate Together NS
Summerhill Downs, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois · R32 HX45 · Roll number 20347D
Portlaoise Educate Together NS is one of 7 primary schools in or within 3 km of Portlaoise. Every school in and around Portlaoise →
What stands out about Portlaoise Educate Together NS
- One of the larger primary schools: 457 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is Educate Together; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Portlaoise’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Portlaoise, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Portlaoise Educate Together NS had 457 pupils in 2025/26, against 354 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 464, 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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS
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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS 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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS
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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Portlaoise Educate Together NS 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: Portlaoise Educate Together NS has grown by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Portlaoise together changed by +10%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Portlaoise Educate Together NS. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.1 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.2 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 9.5 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
Living in Portlaoise
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Portlaoise →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 Portlaoise
Cost of living in Portlaoise →New tenancies in Portlaoise averaged €1,268 a month in 2025, against €1,141 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Portlaoise, R32 HX45
Primary schools near Portlaoise Educate Together NS
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Portlaoise Educate Together NS
Is Portlaoise Educate Together NS 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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS have?
457 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.
Does Portlaoise Educate Together NS teach through Irish?
No: Portlaoise Educate Together NS teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Portlaoise Educate Together NS?
Portlaoise Educate Together NS has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Educate Together.
How do pupils get a place at Portlaoise Educate Together NS?
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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Phort Laoise (0.1 km), Maryboro N.S. (0.2 km) and Holy Family Junior School (0.5 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 Portlaoise; 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).