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S.N. Naomh Callin

PrimaryCatholic

Rashinagh, Ballinahowen, Co. Offaly · N37 DD59 · Roll number 16990G

S.N. Naomh Callin is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ferbane. Every school in and around Ferbane →

Pupils
69
September, 2025/26
36 girls, 33 boys
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 76 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Naomh Callin

  • 69 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ferbane’s outline, 3.3 km away; listed with Ferbane, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Naomh Callin had 69 pupils in 2025/26, against 64 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 77, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for S.N. Naomh Callin

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. Naomh Callin 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Naomh Callin

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 in

Getting a place at S.N. Naomh Callin

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. Naomh Callin 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.

Pupils
69
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 76 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Callin has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ferbane together changed by +10%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Naomh Callin−9%
The primary schools around Ferbane−4%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Callin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Naomh Callin69
St. Cynoc's189
Ballinahown96
St Ciarans Mixed110
Cill Cleithe99
S.N. Muire Naofa64
High St Mixed73
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Callin69−9%CatholicEnglish
St. Cynoc's National School189−4%CatholicEnglish✓4.6 km
Ballinahown N.S.96+8%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
St Ciarans Mixed N.S.110−12%CatholicEnglish✓5.7 km
Cill Cleithe N.S.99−3%CatholicEnglish7 km
S.N. Muire Naofa64−27%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
High St Mixed N.S.73+14%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Offaly
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Lomchluana33−23%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Marys National School93−4%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa83+17%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Mhanachain176+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
S N Chartaigh Naofa147−21%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29–CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa186−14%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Mhuire72+6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Clara Convent N.S.180−17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓16 km
Ballykilmurry N.S.199−6%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Bhride111+14%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol15−52%CatholicEnglish18 km
Mount Bolus N.S.25−29%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Rynaghs N.S.249+1%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Seosamh97+31%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Colmain Naofa322+5%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin148+23%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Cholumchille197−8%CatholicEnglish20 km
Tullamore Educate Together NS236+7%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
St Cronans Mixed N.S.72+13%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach116−32%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire249−20%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Arden Boys N.S.215+4%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St. Joseph's N.S.360−12%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Naomh Philomena164−7%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Charleville N.S.173+92%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada185−11%CatholicAll in Irish23 km
Gaelscoil na Laochra45+29%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
Ceann Eitigh N.S.132+15%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Osmann86+4%Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
Mercy Primary School141−2%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Brendans Monastery178−8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Shinchill N.S.286+3%CatholicEnglish26 km
Croinchoill N.S.243+1%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Seir Kierans N.S.71+20%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Colmans N.S.97−14%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa193+7%CatholicEnglish32 km
Clonaghadoo N.S.81−24%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Ros Com Rua21−28%CatholicEnglish33 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish33 km
Geashill 1 N.S.126−2%CatholicEnglish33 km
Daingean N.S.261+4%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Bhride70−23%CatholicEnglish35 km
Shinrone Mixed N.S.121+1%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Mhuire124−8%CatholicEnglish38 km
Cloneyhurke N.S.18−40%CatholicEnglish40 km
Naomh Mhuire N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Mhuire Naofa91−40%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Caoimhin Naofa67−17%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Phadraig124−2%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan76+23%CatholicEnglish45 km
Castlejordan Central N.S.79−7%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Clonbullogue N.S.84−9%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Naomh Brogain72−14%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Seosamh108+29%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480−24%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Edenderry 2 N.S.48−27%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
St Patrick's National School192−13%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Edenderry Convent N.S.429+12%CatholicEnglish50 km
Living nearby

Living in Ferbane

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€207,200
52 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,198
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Offaly

Homes in the R42 Eircode area

Housing in Ferbane →

The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €240,000 in 2025 (+33%).

2023€180,000
2024€205,000
2025€240,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€287,800
Second-hand homes€207,900

Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Offaly

Cost of living in Ferbane →

New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,089
2025€1,198

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

near Ferbane, N37 DD59

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Callin

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. Naomh Callin

Is S.N. Naomh Callin 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. Naomh Callin have?

69 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Naomh Callin teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Naomh Callin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Naomh Callin?

S.N. Naomh Callin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Callin?

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. Naomh Callin?

The nearest are St. Cynoc's National School (4.6 km), Ballinahown N.S. (5.1 km) and St Ciarans Mixed N.S. (5.7 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 Ferbane; 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).