S.N. Phadraig
Edmonstown, Killucan, Co. Westmeath · N91 FX92 · Roll number 08100U
S.N. Phadraig is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Killucan-Rathwire. Every school in and around Killucan-Rathwire →
What stands out about S.N. Phadraig
- 74 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 74 pupils, 20% fewer than the 92 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Killucan-Rathwire’s outline, 2.4 km away; listed with Killucan-Rathwire, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Phadraig had 74 pupils in 2025/26, down from 77 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 96, in 2020/21. 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 S.N. Phadraig
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 S.N. Phadraig 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 S.N. Phadraig
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 S.N. Phadraig
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Phadraig 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: S.N. Phadraig has shrunk by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killucan-Rathwire together changed by −5%.
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Phadraig. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −20%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
Living in Killucan-Rathwire
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Killucan-Rathwire →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 Killucan-Rathwire →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 Killucan-Rathwire, N91 FX92
Primary schools near S.N. Phadraig
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Phadraig
Is S.N. Phadraig 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 S.N. Phadraig have?
74 pupils in 2025/26. That is −20% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Phadraig teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Phadraig teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Phadraig?
S.N. Phadraig has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Phadraig?
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 S.N. Phadraig?
The nearest are Naomh Iosef N.S. (3.9 km), Mhuire N.S. (4.8 km) and Baile Coireil 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 Killucan-Rathwire; 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).