Knockanillo N.S.
BALLINA, CO MAYO · F26 F867 · Roll number 16562I
Knockanillo N.S. is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballina. Every school in and around Ballina →
What stands out about Knockanillo N.S.
- A small primary school: 28 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 28 pupils, 24% fewer than the 37 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 11 girls and 17 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killala; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballina’s outline, 1.8 km away; listed with Ballina, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Knockanillo N.S. had 28 pupils in 2025/26, down from 43 in 2015/16 (−35%). Girls are 39% of them. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Knockanillo 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Knockanillo N.S. has shrunk by 24% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballina 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, 5 have more pupils than Knockanillo N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −24%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 2.6 km | |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 3.9 km | |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
Living in Ballina
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Homes in the F26 Eircode area
Housing in Ballina →The median sale price rose from €184,800 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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Renting in Ballina
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Location
Directions ↗near Ballina, F26 F867
Primary schools near Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo N.S.
Is Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo N.S. have?
28 pupils in 2025/26. That is −24% since 2019/20.
Does Knockanillo N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Knockanillo N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Knockanillo N.S.?
Knockanillo N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killala.
How do pupils get a place at Knockanillo 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 Knockanillo N.S.?
The nearest are Cullens N.S. (2.1 km), Ardagh National School (2.6 km) and Scoil Íosa (2.7 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 Ballina; 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).