Tang N.S.
Clogher, Tang, Co. Westmeath · N39 H266 · Roll number 08037Q
Tang N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Glassan. Every school in and around Glassan →
What stands out about Tang N.S.
- 117 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Glassan’s outline, 7.9 km away; listed with Glassan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tang N.S. had 117 pupils in 2025/26, down from 119 in 2015/16 (−2%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 133, in 2023/24. 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 Tang 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 Tang 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 Tang 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 Tang N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tang 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tang N.S. has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Glassan together changed by +7%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Tang N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Matthews Mixed N.S. | 373 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Forgney N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Tashinny N.S. | 23 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km |
The other 69 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 53 km |
Living in Glassan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N37 Eircode area
Housing in Glassan →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 Glassan →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 Glassan, N39 H266
Primary schools near Tang 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 Tang N.S.
Is Tang 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 Tang N.S. have?
117 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% since 2019/20.
Does Tang N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Tang N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tang N.S.?
Tang N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Tang 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 Tang N.S.?
The nearest are St Matthews Mixed N.S. (3.9 km), Forgney N.S. (5.3 km) and Ard na gCraith NS (5.7 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 Glassan; 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).