St. Anne's National School
Main Street, Tyrellspass, Co. Westmeath · N91 A5R7 · Roll number 05916G
St. Anne's National School is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Tyrrellspass. Every school in and around Tyrrellspass →
What stands out about St. Anne's National School
- 176 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 176 pupils, 18% more than the 149 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Tyrrellspass or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Anne's National School had 176 pupils in 2025/26, against 122 in 2015/16 (+44%). Girls are 47% of them. 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. Anne's National 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. Anne's National 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. Anne's National 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. Anne's National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Anne's National 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. Anne's National School has grown by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tyrrellspass together changed by +18%.
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 St. Anne's National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +18%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | ||
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km |
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
Living in Tyrrellspass
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Tyrrellspass →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 Tyrrellspass →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 ↗Tyrrellspass, N91 A5R7
Primary schools near St. Anne's National 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. Anne's National School
Is St. Anne's National 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. Anne's National School have?
176 pupils in 2025/26. That is +18% since 2019/20.
Does St. Anne's National School teach through Irish?
No: St. Anne's National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Anne's National School?
St. Anne's National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at St. Anne's National 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. Anne's National School?
The nearest are Dalystown N.S. (5.2 km), S.N. Aodha Naofa (5.2 km) and Scoil Chroi Naofa (5.6 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 Tyrrellspass; 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).