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Scoil Asicus

PrimaryCatholic

Golf Course Road, Strandhill, Co. Sligo · F91 V003 · Roll number 15004P

Scoil Asicus is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Strandhill. Every school in and around Strandhill →

Pupils
252
September, 2025/26
128 girls, 124 boys
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 256 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 Asicus

  • One of the larger primary schools: 252 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Strandhill or within 3 km of it.
  • Outside Strandhill’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Strandhill, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Asicus had 252 pupils in 2025/26, against 237 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 258, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0701402102802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Asicus

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 Asicus 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 Asicus

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 Asicus

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

Families apply to Scoil Asicus 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
252
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 256 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Asicus is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Strandhill together changed by −2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Asicus−2%
The primary schools around Strandhill−2%
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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Scoil Asicus. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Asicus252
S.N. Baile an Luig29
Ransboro New Central247
S N Realt na Mara117
S.N. Pairc Ard99
Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re208
S.N. Ursula439
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Asicus252−2%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Baile an Luig29+38%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
Ransboro New Central247+0%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
S N Realt na Mara117+14%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
S.N. Pairc Ard99+6%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re208−12%CatholicAll in Irish6.5 km
S.N. Ursula439+0%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Sligo
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Brendans N.S.177+26%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Scoil Eoin Naofa289+17%CatholicEnglish✓8.1 km
S.N. Eoin Naofa226+3%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Our Lady of Mercy N.S.449−2%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Carraroe N.S.389+4%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Sligo Project School52+117%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓8.8 km
Carbury National School210−5%Church of IrelandEnglish8.8 km
St Edwards N.S.207+50%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa75−18%CatholicEnglish9 km
Rathcormack N.S.244−4%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Rockfield N.S.174−19%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal24−14%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Pauls N.S. Collooney75+15%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf241−3%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Patricks N.S.182+17%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef29−34%CatholicEnglish14 km
Kilross N.S.42+110%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Molaise274−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Lissara Naofa66−32%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballintogher N.S.87+7%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Bhride35+6%CatholicEnglish17 km
Sooey N.S.112−15%CatholicEnglish18 km
Dromore West Central90+58%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Aodain16–CatholicEnglish20 km
Taunagh National School30+11%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal215−7%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Ardkeerin N.S.111−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Cliffoney N.S.96+43%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Cnoc Mionna52−39%CatholicEnglish21 km
Killeenduff N.S.20−20%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Naithi Naofa77−10%CatholicEnglish21 km
Cloonacool N.S.103−10%CatholicEnglish22 km
Owenbeg N.S.36−36%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Croi Naofa81+11%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Mhuire15−64%CatholicEnglish25 km
Holy Family School192−2%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Clochog61−22%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Killaville N.S.19−21%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal103+58%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire47+0%CatholicEnglish26 km
Moylough N.S.100−18%CatholicEnglish27 km
Rathlee N.S.68+11%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Leaffoney N.S.1–Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
S.N. Cul Fada73−15%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Kilglass N.S.114−8%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Castlerock N.S.31−18%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Stokane N.S.30−25%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Our Lady's National School40−9%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Naomh Ailbhe97–CatholicEnglish30 km
Carn N.S.116−4%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal76−24%CatholicEnglish31 km
Enniscrone N.S.137+9%CatholicEnglish32 km
Corballa N.S.115+3%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Ronain Naofa37+54%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Aodain79+52%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Living nearby

Living in Strandhill

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

Median sale price
€425,000
57 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,310
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F91 Eircode area

Housing in Strandhill →

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.

New tenancies in Strandhill averaged €1,310 a month in 2025, against €1,218 in 2024 (+8%).

2024€1,218
2025€1,310

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

near Strandhill, F91 V003

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Asicus

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

Questions about Scoil Asicus

Is Scoil Asicus 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 Asicus have?

252 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Asicus teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Scoil Asicus?

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

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Asicus?

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 Asicus?

The nearest are S.N. Baile an Luig (4.7 km), Ransboro New Central (4.7 km) and S N Realt na Mara (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 Strandhill; 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).