Boher N.S.
Boher, Streamstown, Co. Westmeath · N91 Y663 · Roll number 17236A
Boher N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballymore. Every school in and around Ballymore →
What stands out about Boher N.S.
- A small primary school: 18 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 6 girls and 12 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballymore’s outline, 5.2 km away; listed with Ballymore, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Boher N.S. had 18 pupils in 2025/26, down from 33 in 2015/16 (−45%). Girls are 33% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Boher N.S.
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 Boher N.S. 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 Boher N.S.
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 Boher N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Boher N.S. 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.
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, 5 have more pupils than Boher N.S..
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km |
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 44 km |
Living in Ballymore
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballymore →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €327,800 in 2025 (+31%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Westmeath
Cost of living in Ballymore →New tenancies in Co. Westmeath averaged €1,257 a month in 2025, against €1,156 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballymore, N91 Y663
Primary schools near Boher N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Boher N.S.
Is Boher N.S. 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 Boher N.S. have?
18 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Boher N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Boher N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Boher N.S.?
Boher N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Boher N.S.?
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 Boher N.S.?
The nearest are Streamstown Mixed N.S. (4.2 km), Kilcrumreragh N.S. (5.2 km) and Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. (5.5 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 Ballymore; 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).