Holy Family Primary School
Ardmore road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath · N91 AK6W · Roll number 17327D
Holy Family Primary School is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mullingar. Every school in and around Mullingar →
What stands out about Holy Family Primary School
- One of the larger primary schools: 439 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 439 pupils, 32% more than the 332 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Holy Family Primary School had 439 pupils in 2025/26, against 230 in 2015/16 (+91%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 453, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Holy Family 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 Holy Family 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 Holy Family 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 Holy Family Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Holy Family 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: Holy Family Primary School has grown by 32% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mullingar together changed by +3%.
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 Holy Family Primary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +32%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 1.7 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.8 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
Living in Mullingar
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Mullingar →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 Mullingar
Cost of living in Mullingar →New tenancies in Mullingar averaged €1,216 a month in 2025, against €1,115 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Mullingar, N91 AK6W
Primary schools near Holy Family 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 Holy Family Primary School
Is Holy Family 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 Holy Family Primary School have?
439 pupils in 2025/26. That is +32% since 2019/20.
Does Holy Family Primary School teach through Irish?
No: Holy Family Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Holy Family Primary School?
Holy Family Primary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Holy Family 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 Holy Family Primary School?
The nearest are Scoil Cholmain Naofa (1.2 km), S N na Naomh Uile (1.6 km) and Gaelscoil An Choillín (1.7 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 Mullingar; 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).