Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
Swinford, Co Mayo · F12 XV59 · Roll number 64690O
Scoil Muire Agus Padraig is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Swinford. Every school in and around Swinford →
What stands out about Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
- 394 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 394 pupils, 29% more than the 305 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.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Swinford or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Muire Agus Padraig had 394 pupils in 2025/26, against 362 in 2015/16 (+9%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 410, 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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig 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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Muire Agus Padraig directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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: Scoil Muire Agus Padraig has grown by 29% since 2019/20. All the schools around Swinford together changed by +14%.
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 post-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 post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Muire Agus Padraig. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +29%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Muire Agus Padraig | 394 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 223 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Louis Community School | 701 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 482 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Attracta's Community School | 735 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Balla Secondary School | 476 | +42% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
The other 20 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moyne College | 221 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Muredachs College | 403 | +14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 404 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Davitt College | 902 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 551 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 542 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St. Geralds College | 688 | +11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 541 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Tiernan's College | 253 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St. Patrick's College | 181 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Rice College | 615 | +34% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Sacred Heart School | 530 | −3% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 95 | −41% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 571 | +19% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Acla | 232 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Colaiste Chomain | 29 | −40% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 357 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Our Lady's Secondary School | 265 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
Living in Swinford
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F12 Eircode area
Housing in Swinford →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €205,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Swinford
Cost of living in Swinford →New tenancies in Swinford averaged €953 a month in 2025, against €812 in 2024 (+17%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Swinford, F12 XV59
Post-primary schools near Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Muire Agus Padraig
Is Scoil Muire Agus Padraig 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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig have?
394 pupils in 2025/26. That is +29% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Muire Agus Padraig teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Muire Agus Padraig teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Muire Agus Padraig?
Scoil Muire Agus Padraig has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Muire Agus Padraig?
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 Scoil Muire Agus Padraig?
The nearest are St Joseph's Community College (10 km), St Louis Community School (11 km) and St Joseph's Secondary School (11 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 Swinford; 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).