Naomh Muire N.S.
Finea, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath · N91 YN53 · Roll number 17743R
Naomh Muire 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 Muire N.S.
- A small primary school: 12 pupils, against a typical 131.
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Castlepollard’s outline, 11 km away; listed with Castlepollard, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Naomh Muire N.S. had 12 pupils in 2025/26, down from 13 in 2015/16 (−8%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 19, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 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 Muire 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 Muire 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 Muire 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 Muire N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Naomh Muire 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.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Naomh Muire N.S..
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Bernards Mixed N.S. | 29 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Killasonna Mixed N.S. | 41 | −18% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| The Sacred Heart Primary NS | 250 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
The other 71 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 48 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 | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 53 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 | ✓ | 54 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 | 57 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 YN53
Primary schools near Naomh Muire 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 Muire N.S.
Is Naomh Muire 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 Muire N.S. have?
12 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Naomh Muire N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Naomh Muire N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Naomh Muire N.S.?
Naomh Muire N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Naomh Muire 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 Muire N.S.?
The nearest are Naomh Micheal N.S. (3.9 km), St Bernards Mixed N.S. (4.9 km) and Scoil Mhuire (6.7 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).