Coola Post Primary School
Riverstown, Via Boyle, Co Sligo · F52 XE71 · Roll number 72310U
Coola Post Primary School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Riverstown. Every school in and around Riverstown →
What stands out about Coola Post Primary School
- 514 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 Riverstown or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Riverstown’s outline, 2.1 km away; listed with Riverstown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coola Post Primary School had 514 pupils in 2025/26, against 453 in 2015/16 (+13%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 549, in 2024/25. 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 Coola 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 Coola 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 Coola 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 Coola Post Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coola 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: Coola Post Primary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). 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 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, 2 have more pupils than Coola Post Primary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coola Post Primary School | 514 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Marys College | 264 | +103% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 325 | +8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Corran College | 154 | +108% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mercy College | 718 | +44% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 14 km | |
| Summerhill College | 1,155 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sligo Grammar School | 475 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km |
The other 6 post-primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinode College | 258 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Ursuline College | 603 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Attracta's Community School | 735 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Grange Post Primary School | 302 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Iascaigh | 267 | +92% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 244 | −22% | Catholic | English | 47 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 XE71
Post-primary schools near Coola 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 Coola Post Primary School
Is Coola 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 Coola Post Primary School have?
514 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does Coola Post Primary School teach through Irish?
No: Coola Post Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coola Post Primary School?
Coola Post Primary School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coola 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 Coola Post Primary School?
The nearest are St Marys College (11 km), Coláiste Muire (11 km) and Corran College (12 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).