Ballyvary Central N.S.
BALLYVARY CENTRAL N S, CASTLEBAR, CO MAYO · F23 TP65 · Roll number 19402B
Ballyvary Central N.S. 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 Ballyvary Central N.S.
- 223 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Bellavary or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Bellavary’s outline, 0.3 km away; listed with Bellavary, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ballyvary Central N.S. had 223 pupils in 2025/26, against 183 in 2015/16 (+22%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ballyvary Central 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: Ballyvary Central N.S. has grown by 8% 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, 1 have more pupils than Ballyvary Central N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | ||
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 27 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 52 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 61 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
Living in Bellavary
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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
Property Price Register sales in the F23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Bellavary, F23 TP65
Primary schools near Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central N.S.
Is Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central N.S. have?
223 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.
Does Ballyvary Central N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Ballyvary Central N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballyvary Central N.S.?
Ballyvary Central N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.
How do pupils get a place at Ballyvary Central 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 Ballyvary Central N.S.?
The nearest are S N an Teaghlaigh (3.7 km), S.N. Peadar agus Pol (5.1 km) and S.N. Fiondalbha (6.4 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).