Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0No secondary school in or near Littleton: the nearest is 6.9 km away
All-Irish schools make up 0% of those around Littleton, below both Co. Tipperary’s towns (8%) and Irish towns (8%). All 2 of its schools are Catholic: there is no other kind within 3 km. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Littleton’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 5 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Ursuline Secondary School (6.9 km), Presentation Secondary School (7 km) and C.B.S. Thurles (7.3 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 2 schools in and around Littleton are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Littleton’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who runs Littleton’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
2 of Littleton’s 2 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. Their patron: Archbishop of Cashel & Emly (2). 1 of the 2 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Teaching through Irish in and around Littleton
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
None of the 2 schools in and around Littleton teaches every subject through Irish.
Who Littleton’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Tipperary’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
| Share of pupils | Around Littleton | Co. Tipperary | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 38% | 31% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
More of the pupils around Littleton are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 38% against 27% (Co. Tipperary: 31%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is pupils at all-Irish schools, at 0% against 6%. S.N. Chaoimhghin, with 83 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 2 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. ChaoimhghinPrimary | 83 | 41% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Naomh PeadarPrimary | 138 | 52% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
How children get a place in Littleton
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Of these 2 schools, 0 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 1 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 2 schools in and around Littleton
Every school in Littleton or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Inspection reports for Littleton’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 2 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| S.N. ChaoimhghinPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S.N. Naomh PeadarPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Littleton
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
Within 10 km of Littleton there are 5 post-primary schools: 3 voluntary secondary schools and 2 ETB schools. Of these, 3 are single-sex: 2 for girls and 1 for boys. None within 10 km teaches every subject through Irish.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursuline Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Boarding | 895 | 6.9 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Boarding | 559 | 7 km |
| C.B.S. ThurlesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 571 | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-EdETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Irish stream, DEIS | 601 | 8.1 km |
| Scoil RuainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 360 | 8.2 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Littleton
No special school is in or near Littleton. 1 of the 2 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Littleton beside the 217 other Irish towns of 300 to 600 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshford | 593 | 2 | 244 | 0 | 50% | 10 km |
| … | ||||||
| Athea | 418 | 1 | 171 | 0 | 0% | 7.8 km |
| Jenkinstown | 416 | 3 | 449 | 0 | 0% | 6.4 km |
| Ballylongford | 415 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 100% | 7.4 km |
| Baltimore | 414 | 1 | 116 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| Littleton | 414 | 2 | 221 | 0 | 50% | 6.9 km |
| Burnfoot | 413 | 2 | 407 | 0 | 0% | 8.9 km |
| Robinstown | 412 | 1 | 194 | 0 | 0% | 6.2 km |
| Loch An Iúir | 412 | 2 | 116 | 2 | 100% | 7.6 km |
| Fiddown | 410 | 1 | 254 | 0 | 0% | 5.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Gneevgullia | 300 | 1 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 4.8 km |
Of these 217 other towns, 87 count more pupils at their schools than Littleton. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 19 of the 218.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Littleton
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Littleton had 216 pupils in 2015/16 and 221 in 2025/26.
Pupils at schools in and around Littleton
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Littleton
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton | 2 | 221 | 0 | 50% | 6.9 km |
| Thurles 6.9 km | 10 | 3,787 | 1 | 10% | 0.3 km |
| Urlingford 14 km | 2 | 882 | 0 | 100% | 3.1 km |
| Cashel 17 km | 6 | 1,837 | 0 | 33% | 0.6 km |
| Templemore 19 km | 5 | 973 | 0 | 60% | 0.3 km |
| Fethard 19 km | 2 | 493 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 km |
Thurles has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 1. The roll around Littleton moved −5% since 2019/20; nearby, Fethard grew most (+32%) and Cashel least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Littleton or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Littleton
How many schools are there in Littleton?
In Littleton or within 3 km of it: 2 primary schools, with 221 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Littleton that teach through Irish?
None in Littleton or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Is there a secondary school in Littleton?
Not in Littleton or within 3 km of it; the nearest is Ursuline Secondary School, 6.9 km away.
What is the best school in Littleton?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Littleton?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).