Kilglass N.S.
Ballyglass, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo · F26 E682 · Roll number 15571E
Kilglass N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Enniscrone. Every school in and around Enniscrone →
What stands out about Kilglass N.S.
- 114 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killala; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Enniscrone’s outline, 3.4 km away; listed with Enniscrone, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Kilglass N.S. had 114 pupils in 2025/26, against 96 in 2015/16 (+19%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 124, 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 Kilglass 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 Kilglass 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 Kilglass 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 Kilglass N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Kilglass 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.
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: Kilglass N.S. has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Enniscrone together changed by −13%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Kilglass N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilglass N.S. | 114 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Leaffoney N.S. | 1 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 3.1 km | |
| Enniscrone N.S. | 137 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Rathlee N.S. | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Owenbeg N.S. | 36 | −36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Stokane N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Corballa N.S. | 115 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km |
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeenduff N.S. | 20 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Dromore West Central | 90 | +58% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| S.N. Naomh Iosef | 29 | −34% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 24 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Castlerock N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cloonacool N.S. | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Pairc Ard | 99 | +6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 40 | −9% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 103 | +58% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Luig | 29 | +38% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Rockfield N.S. | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Holy Family School | 192 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Asicus | 252 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naithi Naofa | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 76 | −24% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Moylough N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 117 | +14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ransboro New Central | 247 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Lissara Naofa | 66 | −32% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Naofa | 226 | +3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Croi Naofa | 81 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re | 208 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| S.N. Ursula | 439 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf | 241 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| St Pauls N.S. Collooney | 75 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 177 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Carraroe N.S. | 389 | +4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Naofa | 289 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 449 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 215 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Sligo Project School | 52 | +117% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Carbury National School | 210 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| St Edwards N.S. | 207 | +50% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Rathcormack N.S. | 244 | −4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Molaise | 274 | −4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Killaville N.S. | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Mionna | 52 | −39% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilross N.S. | 42 | +110% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 182 | +17% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Sooey N.S. | 112 | −15% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Carn N.S. | 116 | −4% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cul Fada | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Taunagh National School | 30 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Ardkeerin N.S. | 111 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ballintogher N.S. | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Cliffoney N.S. | 96 | +43% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Aodain | 16 | – | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Clochog | 61 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Naomh Aodain | 79 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −64% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Ronain Naofa | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ailbhe | 97 | – | Catholic | English | 53 km |
Living in Enniscrone
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F26 Eircode area
Housing in Enniscrone →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 Enniscrone →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 Enniscrone, F26 E682
Primary schools near Kilglass 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 Kilglass N.S.
Is Kilglass 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 Kilglass N.S. have?
114 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Kilglass N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Kilglass N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Kilglass N.S.?
Kilglass N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killala.
How do pupils get a place at Kilglass 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 Kilglass N.S.?
The nearest are Leaffoney N.S. (3.1 km), Enniscrone N.S. (4.2 km) and Rathlee N.S. (5.2 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 Enniscrone; 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).