S.N. Naomh Iosef
Ardkill, Templeboy, Co. Sligo · F91 DH74 · Roll number 18592E
S.N. Naomh Iosef is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Dromore West. Every school in and around Dromore West →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Iosef
- A small primary school: 29 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 29 pupils, 34% fewer than the 44 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killala; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Dromore West’s outline, 3.4 km away; listed with Dromore West, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Iosef had 29 pupils in 2025/26, down from 34 in 2015/16 (−15%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 49, in 2021/22. 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 S.N. Naomh Iosef
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. Naomh Iosef 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. Naomh Iosef
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. Naomh Iosef
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Iosef 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. Naomh Iosef has shrunk by 34% 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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Iosef. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −34%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Iosef | 29 | −34% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 24 | −14% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Dromore West Central | 90 | +58% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Killeenduff N.S. | 20 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| S.N. Pairc Ard | 99 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Owenbeg N.S. | 36 | −36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| S.N. Baile an Luig | 29 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km |
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilglass N.S. | 114 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Leaffoney N.S. | 1 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Rathlee N.S. | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Asicus | 252 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rockfield N.S. | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Stokane N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cloonacool N.S. | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ransboro New Central | 247 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 117 | +14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Enniscrone N.S. | 137 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Corballa N.S. | 115 | +3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Naofa | 226 | +3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Castlerock N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re | 208 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| S.N. Lissara Naofa | 66 | −32% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naithi Naofa | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Ursula | 439 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 103 | +58% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 177 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Holy Family School | 192 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Carraroe N.S. | 389 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf | 241 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Eoin Naofa | 289 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Pauls N.S. Collooney | 75 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 449 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Our Lady's National School | 40 | −9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Sligo Project School | 52 | +117% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Carbury National School | 210 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| St Edwards N.S. | 207 | +50% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Rathcormack N.S. | 244 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Molaise | 274 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Moylough N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Croi Naofa | 81 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 215 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 76 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilross N.S. | 42 | +110% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 182 | +17% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Mionna | 52 | −39% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Killaville N.S. | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Sooey N.S. | 112 | −15% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballintogher N.S. | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Taunagh National School | 30 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Ardkeerin N.S. | 111 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Cliffoney N.S. | 96 | +43% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Aodain | 16 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Cul Fada | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Clochog | 61 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Carn N.S. | 116 | −4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −64% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Aodain | 79 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Ronain Naofa | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ailbhe | 97 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km |
Living in Dromore West
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F26 Eircode area
Housing in Dromore West →The median sale price rose from €184,800 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F26 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Sligo
Cost of living in Dromore West →New tenancies in Co. Sligo averaged €1,156 a month in 2025, against €1,044 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Dromore West, F91 DH74
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Iosef
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. Naomh Iosef
Is S.N. Naomh Iosef 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. Naomh Iosef have?
29 pupils in 2025/26. That is −34% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Iosef teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Iosef teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Iosef?
S.N. Naomh Iosef has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killala.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Iosef?
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. Naomh Iosef?
The nearest are S.N. Muire Gan Smal (3.1 km), Dromore West Central (4.5 km) and Killeenduff N.S. (7.8 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 Dromore West; 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).