S.N. Mhuire Naofa
Rathcobican, Rhode, Co. Offaly · R35 KD66 · Roll number 18335H
S.N. Mhuire Naofa is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Rhode. Every school in and around Rhode →
What stands out about S.N. Mhuire Naofa
- 91 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 91 pupils, 40% fewer than the 152 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Rhode’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Rhode, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Mhuire Naofa had 91 pupils in 2025/26, down from 174 in 2015/16 (−48%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 177, in 2017/18. 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. Mhuire Naofa
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. Mhuire Naofa 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. Mhuire Naofa
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. Mhuire Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Mhuire Naofa 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.
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: S.N. Mhuire Naofa has shrunk by 40% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rhode together changed by −23%.
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Mhuire Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −40%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.4 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 72 km |
Living in Rhode
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Rhode →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 Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Rhode →New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Rhode, R35 KD66
Primary schools near S.N. Mhuire Naofa
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. Mhuire Naofa
Is S.N. Mhuire Naofa 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. Mhuire Naofa have?
91 pupils in 2025/26. That is −40% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Mhuire Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Mhuire Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Mhuire Naofa?
S.N. Mhuire Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Mhuire Naofa?
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. Mhuire Naofa?
The nearest are S.N. Phadraig (3.7 km), Scoil Bhride (5.3 km) and Daingean N.S. (8 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 Rhode; 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).