Scoil Micheal Naofa
Roselawn Drive, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon · F45 TR63 · Roll number 19789F
Scoil Micheal Naofa is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Castlerea. Every school in and around Castlerea →
What stands out about Scoil Micheal Naofa
- 87 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 87 pupils, 43% more than the 61 of 2019/20.
- 24 girls and 63 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only special school in Castlerea or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Micheal Naofa had 87 pupils in 2025/26, against 37 in 2015/16 (+135%). Girls are 28% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Micheal 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 Scoil Micheal 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 Scoil Micheal 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 Scoil Micheal Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Scoil Micheal Naofa follow a professional report on the child’s needs; the National Council for Special Education’s local special educational needs organiser helps families apply.
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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Micheal Naofa has grown by 43% 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).
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 TR63
Questions about Scoil Micheal Naofa
Is Scoil Micheal 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 Scoil Micheal Naofa have?
87 pupils in 2025/26. That is +43% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Micheal Naofa teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Micheal Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Micheal Naofa?
Scoil Micheal Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Micheal 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.
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).