Kilskyre Mixed N.S.
Kilskyre, Kells, Co. Meath · A82 DH22 · Roll number 01421F
Kilskyre Mixed N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Crossakeel. Every school in and around Crossakeel →
What stands out about Kilskyre Mixed N.S.
- 87 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Crossakeel’s outline, 2.6 km away; listed with Crossakeel, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Kilskyre Mixed N.S. had 87 pupils in 2025/26, down from 118 in 2015/16 (−26%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Kilskyre Mixed 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: Kilskyre Mixed N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Crossakeel together changed by −12%.
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 Kilskyre Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9 km |
The other 107 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 50 km |
Living in Crossakeel
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A82 Eircode area
Housing in Crossakeel →The median sale price rose from €240,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+29%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A82 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Meath
Cost of living in Crossakeel →New tenancies in Co. Meath averaged €1,542 a month in 2025, against €1,434 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Crossakeel, A82 DH22
Primary schools near Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed N.S.
Is Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed N.S. have?
87 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Kilskyre Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Kilskyre Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Kilskyre Mixed N.S.?
Kilskyre Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Kilskyre Mixed 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 Kilskyre Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Cluain Maolain N.S. (3.5 km), Ballinlough N.S. (4.7 km) and Drumbarragh N.S. (5.1 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 Crossakeel; 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).