S.N. Peadar agus Pol
Knockafall, Straide, Foxford, Co. Mayo · F26 E927 · Roll number 18848N
S.N. Peadar agus Pol is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Bellavary. Every school in and around Bellavary →
What stands out about S.N. Peadar agus Pol
- A small primary school: 45 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 45 pupils, 25% fewer than the 60 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Achonry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Bellavary’s outline, 3.8 km away; listed with Bellavary, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Peadar agus Pol had 45 pupils in 2025/26, down from 60 in 2015/16 (−25%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 65, in 2021/22. 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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol
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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol 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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol
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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Peadar agus Pol 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: S.N. Peadar agus Pol has shrunk by 25% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bellavary together changed by +8%.
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Peadar agus Pol. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −25%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 23 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
Living in Bellavary
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Homes in the F23 Eircode area
Housing in Bellavary →The median sale price rose from €210,000 in 2023 to €280,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Bellavary →New tenancies in Co. Mayo averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,002 in 2024 (+12%).
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Location
Directions ↗near Bellavary, F26 E927
Primary schools near S.N. Peadar agus Pol
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Peadar agus Pol
Is S.N. Peadar agus Pol 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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol have?
45 pupils in 2025/26. That is −25% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Peadar agus Pol teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Peadar agus Pol teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Peadar agus Pol?
S.N. Peadar agus Pol has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Achonry.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Peadar agus Pol?
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 S.N. Peadar agus Pol?
The nearest are Ballyvary Central N.S. (5.1 km), S N an Teaghlaigh (5.3 km) and Scoil Naisiunta Thola (5.5 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 Bellavary; 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).