Castleplunkett N.S.
Castleplunkett, Castlerea, Co Roscommon · F45 YA40 · Roll number 15545D
Castleplunkett N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballintober. Every school in and around Ballintober →
What stands out about Castleplunkett N.S.
- A small primary school: 44 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 44 pupils, 19% fewer than the 54 of 2019/20.
- 27 girls and 17 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballintober’s outline, 5.2 km away; listed with Ballintober, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Castleplunkett N.S. had 44 pupils in 2025/26, down from 53 in 2015/16 (−17%). Girls are 61% of them. Its largest roll was 55, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Castleplunkett 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Castleplunkett N.S. has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20.
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, 5 have more pupils than Castleplunkett N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 51 km |
Living in Ballintober
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballintober →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 Ballintober →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 ↗near Ballintober, F45 YA40
Primary schools near Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett N.S.
Is Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett N.S. have?
44 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.
Does Castleplunkett N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Castleplunkett N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Castleplunkett N.S.?
Castleplunkett N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Castleplunkett 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 Castleplunkett N.S.?
The nearest are St. Bride's N.S. (5.5 km), Tarmon N.S. (6.4 km) and Tulsk N.S. (7.4 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 Ballintober; 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).