S.N. an Cusan
Castlequarter, Coosan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37TD88 · N37 TD88 · Roll number 18864L
S.N. an Cusan is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Athlone. Every school in and around Athlone →
What stands out about S.N. an Cusan
- One of the larger primary schools: 413 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. an Cusan had 413 pupils in 2025/26, against 399 in 2015/16 (+4%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 426, in 2021/22. 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. an Cusan
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. an Cusan 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. an Cusan
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. an Cusan
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. an Cusan 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Cusan is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Athlone together changed by +11%.
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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. an Cusan. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 65 km |
Living in Athlone
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N37 Eircode area
Housing in Athlone →The median sale price rose from €245,000 in 2023 to €324,000 in 2025 (+32%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N37 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athlone
Cost of living in Athlone →New tenancies in Athlone averaged €1,315 a month in 2025, against €1,221 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Athlone, N37 TD88
Primary schools near S.N. an Cusan
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. an Cusan
Is S.N. an Cusan 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. an Cusan have?
413 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. an Cusan teach through Irish?
No: S.N. an Cusan teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. an Cusan?
S.N. an Cusan has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Cusan?
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. an Cusan?
The nearest are Athlone N.S. (1.7 km), St Marys N.S. (2.4 km) and Scoil na gCeithre Maistri (2.4 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 Athlone; 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).