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St Johns

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Golden Grove Road, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary · E53 N562 · Roll number 01594N

St Johns is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Roscrea. Every school in and around Roscrea →

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Pupils
163
September, 2025/26
78 girls, 85 boys
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 176 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Killaloe
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Johns

  • 163 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Johns had 163 pupils in 2025/26, down from 165 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 180, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Johns

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 St Johns 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 St Johns

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 St Johns

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

Families apply to St Johns 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
163
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 176 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Johns has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Roscrea together changed by +4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Johns−7%
The primary schools around Roscrea−3%
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, 3 have more pupils than St Johns. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

St Johns163
Roscrea N.S. No 231
Sacred Heart Primary School201
S.N. Iosef Naofa299
S.N. Cronain Naofa171
Coolderry Central82
Scoil Mhuire117
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Johns163−7%CatholicEnglish✓
Roscrea N.S. No 231+7%Church of IrelandEnglish0.7 km
Sacred Heart Primary School201+41%CatholicEnglish✓1.2 km
S.N. Iosef Naofa299−10%CatholicEnglish✓2.6 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Scoil Mhuire117+9%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
The other 146 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Clonmore N.S.96+41%CatholicEnglish15 km
Killea N.S.19−41%CatholicEnglish15 km
Cloughjordan No 1 N.S.71−27%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Carrig N.S.60−9%CatholicEnglish16 km
Cloughjordan N.S.122−4%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. an Cillin140+19%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Marys N.S.24–Church of IrelandEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Iosef Naofa163−19%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St Colmcilles Primary School109+1%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Castle Iny N.S.31+29%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gurtagarry N.S.67+29%CatholicEnglish20 km
Templetuohy N.S.77+28%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Sheosamh96−6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Barnane N.S.39−24%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. an Droma41−28%CatholicEnglish22 km
Bishop Harty NS91+21%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Mhuire139+39%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Loch Mor Maigh N.S.86−3%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Flannain Naofa71+16%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Cill Ruadhain115−16%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Ard Croine134−21%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Chiarda Naofa45−27%CatholicEnglish25 km
S N na Maighne65−33%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Naomh Cualán198+6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish26 km
S.N. Lua Naofa27−7%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Phadraig Naofa86+187%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Rath Eilte94−3%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Ruadhain32+14%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Teampall Doire104+4%CatholicEnglish28 km
S N na hInse83+11%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Leamhach117−3%CatholicEnglish28 km
Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí248−4%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Odhran Naofa62+9%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Marys N.S.53−12%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
S.N. Cill Barfhionn47−31%CatholicEnglish29 km
Nenagh Community National School200+37%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
St Marys Convent351−6%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Colmain Naofa39−11%CatholicEnglish29 km
Gaelscoil Aonach179−24%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
Kiladangan N.S.123−2%CatholicEnglish30 km
Presentation Primary School247+24%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Ailbhe189−8%CatholicEnglish31 km
Ballycahill N.S.49−14%CatholicEnglish31 km
Carrig N.S.229+1%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Angela219−12%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Durlas Eile194−9%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Scoil Iosagain124−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
Two Mile Borris N.S.148+29%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Lios an Halla136+5%CatholicEnglish33 km
S N Gort na hUaighe132+0%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Eochaille Ara N.S.118+5%CatholicEnglish35 km
Silvermines N.S.57−22%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Micheal Naofa195−13%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Chaoimhghin83−13%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Peadar138+0%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Buirgheas86+26%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Cill Chuimin22−42%CatholicEnglish38 km
Portroe N.S.138+1%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Baile Sluagh26+18%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Gleann Guail16−27%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gaile N.S.35+6%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Rossmore National School83+4%CatholicEnglish41 km
Slieveardagh N.S.24−20%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Clonoulty Central N.S.96+14%CatholicEnglish41 km
Lisnamrock N.S.65−2%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Boher N.S.113−7%CatholicEnglish42 km
Rear N.S.83+43%CatholicEnglish42 km
Ballytarsna N.S.76−18%CatholicEnglish42 km
Hollyford N.S.26−37%CatholicEnglish43 km
San Isadoir124+14%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Baile an Iubhair19−32%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Killenaule N.S.135−4%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S N Baile na hInse95−23%CatholicEnglish45 km
Our Lady's National School71−29%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Lackamore N.S.36−20%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Baile an Atha404−5%CatholicEnglish46 km
Dualla N.S.92−12%CatholicEnglish46 km
Knockavilla N.S.147+30%CatholicEnglish48 km
Moyglass N.S.130+2%CatholicEnglish48 km
Cappawhite N.S.126−3%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Annacarty N.S.93+21%CatholicEnglish49 km
S N na mBuachailli135−15%CatholicEnglish49 km
Birdhill N.S.104−26%CatholicEnglish49 km
Convent of Mercy266−10%CatholicEnglish50 km
St John the Baptist Boys School268−7%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
St John the Baptist293−15%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Cashel Deanery29−22%Church of IrelandEnglish50 km
Naomh Padraig Junior46+10%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Naomh Padraig Senior54+2%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Bhride84+0%CatholicEnglish52 km
St Francis National School32−20%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. an Ghabhailin85−15%CatholicEnglish53 km
S N na hAille128+22%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Michil Naofa137+6%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Thomastown N.S.112+37%CatholicEnglish54 km
Rosegreen N.S.152+5%CatholicEnglish55 km
Holy Trinity National School204−7%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Chluainin65−32%CatholicEnglish56 km
Scoil Mhuire32+0%CatholicEnglish56 km
Poulacapple N.S.46−16%CatholicEnglish57 km
Monard N.S.112+17%CatholicEnglish58 km
New Inn B N.S.48−37%CatholicEnglish58 km
Killusty N.S.4−88%CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál111−8%CatholicEnglish58 km
St Josephs Primary School192+27%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Tipperary Jnr Bn S107+32%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Tipperary G N.S.149+13%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil na mBraithre199+2%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann107+19%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Cullen N.S.14–CatholicEnglish59 km
Bansha N.S.75+1%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Lisronagh N.S.106+4%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Cleireachain202−0%CatholicEnglish61 km
Grangemockler N.S.47−19%CatholicEnglish61 km
Tankerstown N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish62 km
Shronell N.S.58−5%CatholicEnglish62 km
Ballydrehid N.S.13−71%CatholicEnglish62 km
Killurney N.S.31−3%CatholicEnglish64 km
Mount Bruis N.S.55−21%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig55−14%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Rath Chaomhghin143+17%CatholicEnglish65 km
Bunscoil na Cathrach411–CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Powerstown N.S.338−8%CatholicEnglish66 km
St Ailbe's National School122+4%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.334+4%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Lisvernane N.S.122+16%CatholicEnglish67 km
St Peter and Paul304−14%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
St Marys Parochial School52+108%Church of IrelandEnglish68 km
SN Mhuire na nAingeal407+0%CatholicEnglish68 km
Upper Newtown N.S.51−7%CatholicEnglish68 km
St Marys N.S.222+4%CatholicEnglish68 km
Gaelscoil Chluain Meala315+50%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
S.N. Cill Siolain90−24%CatholicEnglish68 km
Presentation Primary School266+0%CatholicEnglish68 km
Ballyneale N.S.77−21%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. an Grainseach137−33%CatholicEnglish69 km
Ballylooby N.S.148−14%CatholicEnglish72 km
Ardfinnan N.S.244+6%CatholicEnglish73 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre122−21%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire114−2%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Clochar na Toirbhirte281−8%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S.N. Chuirt Doighte92+12%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Sceichin A Rince40+3%CatholicEnglish76 km
Scoil Mhuire111−20%CatholicEnglish77 km
Clogheen Central N.S.81+14%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Scoil Teampall Toinne135+15%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Living nearby

Living in Roscrea

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

Median sale price
€196,700
260 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€825
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the E53 Eircode area

Housing in Roscrea →

The median sale price rose from €172,500 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+16%).

2023€172,500
2024€200,000
2025€200,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€191,800
Second-hand homes€190,600

Property Price Register sales in the E53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Roscrea

Cost of living in Roscrea →

New tenancies in Roscrea averaged €825 a month in 2025, against €816 in 2024 (+1%).

2024€816
2025€825

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

Location

Directions ↗

Roscrea, E53 N562

Nearby

Primary schools near St Johns

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

Roscrea N.S. No 2
Primary · Church of Ireland
31 pupils+7% since 2019/200.7 km
Sacred Heart Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
201 pupils+41% since 2019/201.2 km
S.N. Iosef Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
299 pupils−10% since 2019/202.6 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
171 pupils−21% since 2019/202.7 km
Coolderry Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
82 pupils−10% since 2019/206.4 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
117 pupils+9% since 2019/207.1 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 01594N

Questions about St Johns

Is St Johns 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 St Johns have?

163 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.

Does St Johns teach through Irish?

No: St Johns teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Johns?

St Johns has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.

How do pupils get a place at St Johns?

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 St Johns?

The nearest are Roscrea N.S. No 2 (0.7 km), Sacred Heart Primary School (1.2 km) and S.N. Iosef Naofa (2.6 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 Roscrea; 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).