Mhuire Fatima N.S.
Timahoe, Portlaoise, Co. Laois · R32 YN52 · Roll number 18368W
Mhuire Fatima N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Stradbally. Every school in and around Stradbally →
What stands out about Mhuire Fatima N.S.
- 193 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 193 pupils, 31% more than the 147 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 Stradbally’s outline, 6.3 km away; listed with Stradbally, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mhuire Fatima N.S. had 193 pupils in 2025/26, against 159 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 200, in 2024/25. 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 Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mhuire Fatima 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.
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: Mhuire Fatima N.S. has grown by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Stradbally together changed by +24%.
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 Mhuire Fatima N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +31%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | ||
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 6.8 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Stradbally
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Stradbally →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 Stradbally →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 Stradbally, R32 YN52
Primary schools near Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima N.S.
Is Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima N.S. have?
193 pupils in 2025/26. That is +31% since 2019/20.
Does Mhuire Fatima N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Mhuire Fatima N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mhuire Fatima N.S.?
Mhuire Fatima N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Mhuire Fatima 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 Mhuire Fatima N.S.?
The nearest are Raithin an Uisce N.S. (5.1 km), Cosby N.S. (6.7 km) and St Coleman's National School (6.8 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 Stradbally; 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).