S.N. Clochog
Castlebaldwin, Boyle, Co. Roscommon · F52 Y286 · Roll number 18543O
S.N. Clochog is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Riverstown. Every school in and around Riverstown →
What stands out about S.N. Clochog
- A small primary school: 61 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 61 pupils, 22% fewer than the 78 of 2019/20.
- 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 Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Riverstown’s outline, 5.6 km away; listed with Riverstown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Clochog had 61 pupils in 2025/26, down from 78 in 2015/16 (−22%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 84, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 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. Clochog
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. Clochog 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. Clochog
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. Clochog
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Clochog 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: S.N. Clochog has shrunk by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Riverstown together changed by −2%.
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. Clochog. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −22%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Clochog | 61 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Mionna | 52 | −39% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Ardkeerin N.S. | 111 | −9% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Taunagh National School | 30 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 6 km | |
| S.N. Cul Fada | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 215 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ailbhe | 97 | – | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Sooey N.S. | 112 | −15% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Ronain Naofa | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Killaville N.S. | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Carn N.S. | 116 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilross N.S. | 42 | +110% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Lissara Naofa | 66 | −32% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ballintogher N.S. | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf | 241 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Pauls N.S. Collooney | 75 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Croi Naofa | 81 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Naomh Aodain | 79 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Eoin Naofa | 226 | +3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naithi Naofa | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rockfield N.S. | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Carraroe N.S. | 389 | +4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ransboro New Central | 247 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Moylough N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Naofa | 289 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 449 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Sligo Project School | 52 | +117% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re | 208 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Carbury National School | 210 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Ursula | 439 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Holy Family School | 192 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 182 | +17% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Edwards N.S. | 207 | +50% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Brendans N.S. | 177 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Baile an Luig | 29 | +38% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Asicus | 252 | −2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 103 | +58% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cloonacool N.S. | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 76 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Rathcormack N.S. | 244 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Pairc Ard | 99 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 117 | +14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 40 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Castlerock N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 24 | −14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Iosef | 29 | −34% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Molaise | 274 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Aodain | 16 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Dromore West Central | 90 | +58% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Cliffoney N.S. | 96 | +43% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Killeenduff N.S. | 20 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −64% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Owenbeg N.S. | 36 | −36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Stokane N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Kilglass N.S. | 114 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Corballa N.S. | 115 | +3% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Leaffoney N.S. | 1 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Rathlee N.S. | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Enniscrone N.S. | 137 | +9% | Catholic | English | 49 km |
Living in Riverstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F52 Eircode area
Housing in Riverstown →The median sale price rose from €171,000 in 2023 to €192,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F52 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Sligo
Cost of living in Riverstown →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 Riverstown, F52 Y286
Primary schools near S.N. Clochog
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. Clochog
Is S.N. Clochog 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. Clochog have?
61 pupils in 2025/26. That is −22% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Clochog teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Clochog teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Clochog?
S.N. Clochog has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Clochog?
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. Clochog?
The nearest are S.N. Naomh Mhuire (5.6 km), S.N. Cnoc Mionna (5.7 km) and Ardkeerin N.S. (5.8 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 Riverstown; 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).