St Brigid's Primary School
Station Road, Moate, Co. Westmeath · N37 TF86 · Roll number 15512L
St Brigid's Primary School is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Moate. Every school in and around Moate →
What stands out about St Brigid's Primary School
- One of the larger primary schools: 241 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- 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 Moate.
- 182 girls and 59 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Brigid's Primary School had 241 pupils in 2025/26, against 223 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 76% of them. Its largest roll was 243, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Brigid's Primary School
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 St Brigid's Primary School 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 St Brigid's Primary School
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 St Brigid's Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Brigid's Primary School 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: St Brigid's Primary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Moate together changed by +4%.
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.
St Brigid's Primary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | ||
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 0.3 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 56 km |
Living in Moate
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N37 Eircode area
Housing in Moate →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 Moate
Cost of living in Moate →New tenancies in Moate averaged €1,208 a month in 2025, against €1,087 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Moate, N37 TF86
Primary schools near St Brigid's Primary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Brigid's Primary School
Is St Brigid's Primary School 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 St Brigid's Primary School have?
241 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does St Brigid's Primary School teach through Irish?
No: St Brigid's Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Brigid's Primary School?
St Brigid's Primary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.
How do pupils get a place at St Brigid's Primary School?
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 St Brigid's Primary School?
The nearest are Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. (0.3 km), An Ghrianan N.S. (4.1 km) and S.N. Mhanachain (4.6 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 Moate; 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).