Ballybay National School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2024/25)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Athlone. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district N37 (Athlone) was €320,000 in 2025. That is up 73.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Kiltoom at 6.03 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 51% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Athlone

• Ard Na Gcraith Ns Primary school, Westmeath
• Athlone Community College Secondary school, Westmeath
• Athlone N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Brideswell N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Carrick N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Clonown N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Cluain Buinne N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Coláiste Chiaráin Secondary school, Roscommon
• Corr Na Madadh N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Marist College Secondary school, Westmeath
• Naomh Clar N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Our Lady's Bower Secondary school, Westmeath