Naomh Iosef N.S.
Rathwire Lower, Killucan, Co. Westmeath · N91 E402 · Roll number 18640M
Naomh Iosef N.S. 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 Naomh Iosef N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 285 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Killucan-Rathwire.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Naomh Iosef N.S. had 285 pupils in 2025/26, against 238 in 2015/16 (+20%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 291, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 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 Iosef 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 Iosef 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 Iosef 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 Iosef N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Naomh Iosef 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Naomh Iosef N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). 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, 1 have more pupils than Naomh Iosef N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km |
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 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 ↗Killucan-Rathwire, N91 E402
Primary schools near Naomh Iosef 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 Iosef N.S.
Is Naomh Iosef 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 Iosef N.S. have?
285 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Naomh Iosef N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Naomh Iosef N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Naomh Iosef N.S.?
Naomh Iosef N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Naomh Iosef 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 Iosef N.S.?
The nearest are Mhuire N.S. (3.1 km), S.N. Phadraig (3.9 km) and Baile Coireil N.S. (4.5 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).