Ballinlough N.S.
Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon · F45 RY86 · Roll number 11943S
Ballinlough N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinlough. Every school in and around Ballinlough →
What stands out about Ballinlough N.S.
- A small primary school: 35 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ballinlough N.S. had 35 pupils in 2025/26, against 18 in 2015/16 (+94%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 37, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ballinlough 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
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 Ballinlough N.S..
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe | 110 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
The other 80 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 62 km |
Living in Ballinlough
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballinlough →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Ballinlough →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballinlough, F45 RY86
Primary schools near Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough N.S.
Is Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough N.S. have?
35 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Ballinlough N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Ballinlough N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballinlough N.S.?
Ballinlough N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI.
How do pupils get a place at Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough N.S.?
The nearest are Carrick Mixed N.S. (1.4 km), Granlahan G N.S. (3.9 km) and Threen N.S. (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 Ballinlough; 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).