Sc Ciarain
Twyford, Baylin, Athlone, Co. Westmeath · N37 AH98 · Roll number 17708P
Sc Ciarain is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Baylin. Every school in and around Baylin →
What stands out about Sc Ciarain
- 227 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 227 pupils, 21% more than the 187 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Sc Ciarain had 227 pupils in 2025/26, against 165 in 2015/16 (+38%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Sc Ciarain
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 Sc Ciarain 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 Sc Ciarain
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 Sc Ciarain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Sc Ciarain 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Sc Ciarain has grown by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Baylin together changed by +18%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Sc Ciarain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +21%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | ||
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 60 km |
Living in Baylin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N37 Eircode area
Housing in Baylin →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 Co. Westmeath
Cost of living in Baylin →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 ↗Baylin, N37 AH98
Primary schools near Sc Ciarain
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Sc Ciarain
Is Sc Ciarain 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 Sc Ciarain have?
227 pupils in 2025/26. That is +21% since 2019/20.
Does Sc Ciarain teach through Irish?
No: Sc Ciarain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Sc Ciarain?
Sc Ciarain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.
How do pupils get a place at Sc Ciarain?
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 Sc Ciarain?
The nearest are Corr na Madadh N S (4 km), Cluain Buinne N.S. (5 km) and An Ghrianan N.S. (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 Baylin; 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).