S.N. Pol Naofa
Church Road, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon · F45 FK09 · Roll number 01086R
S.N. Pol Naofa is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlerea. Every school in and around Castlerea →
What stands out about S.N. Pol Naofa
- 66 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
- 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.
- A boys’ school.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Castlerea.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Pol Naofa had 66 pupils in 2025/26, against 53 in 2015/16 (+25%). Its largest roll was 70, 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. Pol 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. Pol 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. Pol 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. Pol Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Pol 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 takes boys only. 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. Pol Naofa has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlerea 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. Pol Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 57 km |
Living in Castlerea
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Castlerea →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 Castlerea
Cost of living in Castlerea →New tenancies in Castlerea averaged €949 a month in 2025, against €827 in 2024 (+15%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castlerea, F45 FK09
Primary schools near S.N. Pol 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. Pol Naofa
Is S.N. Pol 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. Pol Naofa have?
66 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Pol Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Pol Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Pol Naofa?
S.N. Pol Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Pol 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. Pol Naofa?
The nearest are St Annes Con N.S. (0.2 km), Tarmon N.S. (3 km) and Threen N.S. (5.8 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 Castlerea; 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).