Sligo Grammar School
Sligo Grammar School is a secondary school in Sligo. 475 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, fee-paying, 1.73 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland |
| Fees | Fee-paying — amount not confirmed. This school does not publish a figure we could trace to a page. |
| Enrolment | 475 (272 boys, 203 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed |
| Roll number | 65190W |
| Eircode | F91YW68 |
| Address | The Mall, Sligo |
Getting in
Competitive. 130 applications for 75 places — 1.73 applicants per place, and 58 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 72 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 75 |
| Applications last year | 130 |
| Waiting list | 58 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)
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
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Sligo. 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 F91 (Sligo) was €272,400 in 2025. That is up 94.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Sligo North at -4.49 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 36% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Michael Hall |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0719145010 |
| admin@sligogrammarschool.org | |
| Local authority | Sligo County Council |
Other schools in Sligo
- Ballinode College Secondary school, Sligo
- Carbury National School Primary school, Sligo
- Carraroe N S Primary school, Sligo
- Gaelscoil Chnoc Na Re Primary school, Sligo
- Mercy College Secondary school, Sligo
- Our Lady Of Mercy N S Primary school, Sligo
- Ransboro New Central Primary school, Sligo
- S N Realt Na Mara Primary school, Sligo
- S N Ursula Primary school, Sligo
- Scoil Asicus Primary school, Sligo
- Scoil Eoin Naofa Primary school, Sligo
- Sligo Project School Primary school, Sligo
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.