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Scoil Naomh Molaise

PrimaryCatholic

Grange, Co. Sligo · F91 W326 · Roll number 18575E

Scoil Naomh Molaise is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Grange. Every school in and around Grange →

Pupils
274
September, 2025/26
142 girls, 132 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 286 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Elphin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Naomh Molaise

  • One of the larger primary schools: 274 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Naomh Molaise had 274 pupils in 2025/26, down from 277 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 302, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0801602403202015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Naomh Molaise

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 Naomh Molaise 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Naomh Molaise

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Naomh Molaise

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Naomh Molaise 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.

Pupils
274
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 286 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Naomh Molaise is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Grange together changed by +17%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Naomh Molaise−4%
The primary schools around Grange−3%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Scoil Naomh Molaise has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Naomh Molaise274
S.N. Bhride35
Cliffoney96
S.N. Aodain16
S.N. Padraig Naofa75
Rathcormack244
S N Realt na Mara117
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Molaise274−4%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Bhride35+6%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Cliffoney N.S.96+43%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
S.N. Aodain16–CatholicEnglish7.8 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa75−18%CatholicEnglish8 km
Rathcormack N.S.244−4%CatholicEnglish9 km
S N Realt na Mara117+14%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Sligo
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Mhuire15−64%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Brendans N.S.177+26%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Edwards N.S.207+50%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Ursula439+0%CatholicEnglish14 km
Carbury National School210−5%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Sligo Project School52+117%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Our Lady of Mercy N.S.449−2%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re208−12%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Scoil Eoin Naofa289+17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Patricks N.S.182+17%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Asicus252−2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ransboro New Central247+0%CatholicEnglish17 km
Carraroe N.S.389+4%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Pairc Ard99+6%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Baile an Luig29+38%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Eoin Naofa226+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal24−14%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kilross N.S.42+110%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Pauls N.S. Collooney75+15%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf241−3%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Ballintogher N.S.87+7%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef29−34%CatholicEnglish25 km
Rockfield N.S.174−19%CatholicEnglish26 km
Sooey N.S.112−15%CatholicEnglish27 km
Dromore West Central90+58%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Killeenduff N.S.20−20%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Lissara Naofa66−32%CatholicEnglish29 km
Taunagh National School30+11%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
Ardkeerin N.S.111−9%CatholicEnglish31 km
Owenbeg N.S.36−36%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Cnoc Mionna52−39%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal215−7%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Rathlee N.S.68+11%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Naithi Naofa77−10%CatholicEnglish36 km
Leaffoney N.S.1–Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
S.N. Clochog61−22%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Cloonacool N.S.103−10%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Naomh Ailbhe97–CatholicEnglish37 km
Kilglass N.S.114−8%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Croi Naofa81+11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire47+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Killaville N.S.19−21%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Holy Family School192−2%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Stokane N.S.30−25%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Cul Fada73−15%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal103+58%CatholicEnglish41 km
Enniscrone N.S.137+9%CatholicEnglish42 km
Moylough N.S.100−18%CatholicEnglish42 km
Castlerock N.S.31−18%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Corballa N.S.115+3%CatholicEnglish44 km
Our Lady's National School40−9%CatholicEnglish44 km
Carn N.S.116−4%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal76−24%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Ronain Naofa37+54%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Aodain79+52%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Living nearby

Living in Grange

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€357,500
34 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,156
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Sligo

Homes in the F91 Eircode area

Housing in Grange →

The median sale price rose from €189,000 in 2023 to €275,000 in 2025 (+46%).

2023€189,000
2024€238,000
2025€275,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€358,200
Second-hand homes€211,300

Property Price Register sales in the F91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Sligo

Cost of living in Grange →

New tenancies in Co. Sligo averaged €1,156 a month in 2025, against €1,044 in 2024 (+11%).

2024€1,044
2025€1,156

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Grange, F91 W326

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Molaise

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Scoil Naomh Molaise

Is Scoil Naomh Molaise 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 Naomh Molaise have?

274 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Naomh Molaise teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Naomh Molaise teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Naomh Molaise?

Scoil Naomh Molaise has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Molaise?

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 Scoil Naomh Molaise?

The nearest are S.N. Bhride (2.9 km), Cliffoney N.S. (6.3 km) and S.N. Aodain (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 Grange; 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).