S.N. Ard Cianain
Drum, Athlone, Co. Roscommon · N37 HW25 · Roll number 17054R
S.N. Ard Cianain is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyforan. Every school in and around Ballyforan →
What stands out about S.N. Ard Cianain
- 77 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: 77 pupils, 25% fewer than the 102 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballyforan’s outline, 16 km away; listed with Ballyforan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Ard Cianain had 77 pupils in 2025/26, against 58 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 102, in 2019/20. 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 S.N. Ard Cianain
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. Ard Cianain 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. Ard Cianain
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. Ard Cianain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Ard Cianain 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. Ard Cianain has shrunk by 25% 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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Ard Cianain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −25%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | ||
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 67 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
Living in Ballyforan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H53 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyforan →The median sale price fell from €210,000 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (−5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Ballyforan →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 Ballyforan, N37 HW25
Primary schools near S.N. Ard Cianain
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. Ard Cianain
Is S.N. Ard Cianain 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. Ard Cianain have?
77 pupils in 2025/26. That is −25% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Ard Cianain teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Ard Cianain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Ard Cianain?
S.N. Ard Cianain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Ard Cianain?
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. Ard Cianain?
The nearest are S N Cor na Fola B (3.5 km), S.N. Ronain (3.9 km) and Camcloon N.S. (4.3 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 Ballyforan; 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).