S.N. Peadar agus Pol
ATH AN URCHAIR, MOATE, CO OFFALY · N37 E335 · Roll number 18068K
S.N. Peadar agus Pol is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Clara. Every school in and around Clara →
What stands out about S.N. Peadar agus Pol
- A small primary school: 15 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 15 pupils, 52% fewer than the 31 of 2019/20.
- 6 girls and 9 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Clara’s outline, 5 km away; listed with Clara, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Peadar agus Pol had 15 pupils in 2025/26, down from 25 in 2015/16 (−40%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 31, in 2018/19. 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 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Peadar agus Pol has shrunk by 52% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clara together changed by −5%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Peadar agus Pol. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −52%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | ||
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km |
The other 63 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 62 km |
Living in Clara
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Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Clara →The median sale price rose from €254,200 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clara
Cost of living in Clara →New tenancies in Clara averaged €1,104 a month in 2025, against €999 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Clara, N37 E335
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?
15 pupils in 2025/26. That is −52% 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 Meath.
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 Streamstown Mixed N.S. (4.3 km), Kilcrumreragh N.S. (5.5 km) and S.N. Mhanachain (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 Clara; 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).