Naomh Micheal N.S.
Castletown-Finea, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath · N91 FN29 · Roll number 17606H
Naomh Micheal N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlepollard. Every school in and around Castlepollard →
What stands out about Naomh Micheal N.S.
- A small primary school: 17 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 17 pupils, 19% fewer than the 21 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Castlepollard’s outline, 7.5 km away; listed with Castlepollard, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Naomh Micheal N.S. had 17 pupils in 2025/26, down from 21 in 2015/16 (−19%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 27, in 2016/17. 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 Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Naomh Micheal 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Naomh Micheal N.S. has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlepollard together changed by +17%.
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 Naomh Micheal N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Bernards Mixed N.S. | 29 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.5 km |
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 56 km |
Living in Castlepollard
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Castlepollard →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 Castlepollard
Cost of living in Castlepollard →New tenancies in Castlepollard averaged €1,049 a month in 2025, against €963 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Castlepollard, N91 FN29
Primary schools near Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal N.S.
Is Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal N.S. have?
17 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.
Does Naomh Micheal N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Naomh Micheal N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Naomh Micheal N.S.?
Naomh Micheal N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Naomh Micheal 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 Naomh Micheal N.S.?
The nearest are Naomh Muire N.S. (3.9 km), S.N. an Chuil (6.5 km) and S.N. Fiach (6.9 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 Castlepollard; 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).