Grange Post Primary School
Grange, Co Sligo · F91 F722 · Roll number 72330D
Grange Post Primary School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Grange. Every school in and around Grange →
What stands out about Grange Post Primary School
- A small post-primary school: 302 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 302 pupils, 47% more than the 205 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Grange or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Grange’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Grange, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Grange Post Primary School had 302 pupils in 2025/26, against 201 in 2015/16 (+50%). Girls are 43% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Grange Post Primary School
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 Grange Post Primary School 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 Grange Post Primary School
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 Grange Post Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Grange Post Primary School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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: Grange Post Primary School has grown by 47% since 2019/20. All the schools around Grange together changed by +17%.
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 post-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 post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Grange Post Primary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +47%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Post Primary School | 302 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Ursuline College | 603 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ballinode College | 258 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Sligo Grammar School | 475 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Mercy College | 718 | +44% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 14 km | |
| Summerhill College | 1,155 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Magh Ene College | 333 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km |
The other 7 post-primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys College | 264 | +103% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coola Post Primary School | 514 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Iascaigh | 267 | +92% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Coláiste Muire | 325 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Corran College | 154 | +108% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Attracta's Community School | 735 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 244 | −22% | Catholic | English | 42 km |
Living in Grange
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Grange, F91 F722
Post-primary schools near Grange Post Primary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Grange Post Primary School
Is Grange Post Primary School 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 Grange Post Primary School have?
302 pupils in 2025/26. That is +47% since 2019/20.
Does Grange Post Primary School teach through Irish?
No: Grange Post Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Grange Post Primary School?
Grange Post Primary School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Grange Post Primary School?
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 Grange Post Primary School?
The nearest are Ursuline College (13 km), Ballinode College (13 km) and Sligo Grammar School (14 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).