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Scoil Naomh Padraig

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Church Road, Carndonagh · F93 T935 · Roll number 18605K

Scoil Naomh Padraig is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carndonagh. Every school in and around Carndonagh →

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Pupils
163
September, 2025/26
11 girls, 152 boys
Since 2019/20
+14%
from 143 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Naomh Padraig

  • 163 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+14%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • 11 girls and 152 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Naomh Padraig had 163 pupils in 2025/26, down from 165 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 7% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Naomh Padraig

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 Scoil Naomh Padraig 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Naomh Padraig

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Naomh Padraig

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Naomh Padraig 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.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
163
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+14%
from 143 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Naomh Padraig has grown by 14% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carndonagh together changed by +4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Naomh Padraig+14%
The primary schools around Carndonagh+3%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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 Scoil Naomh Padraig. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +14%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Naomh Padraig163
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124
S.N. Donaigh33
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186
Glentogher Con13
Naomh Bridhid92
Scoil Treasa Naofa137
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓0.4 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓1.1 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓2.9 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓3.1 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓3.6 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓5.5 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish17 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish23 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish25 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓25 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish31 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish33 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish34 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓35 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish37 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓39 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish43 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish45 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish46 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish50 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish53 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓57 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish61 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish61 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish80 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓81 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish84 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish85 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish86 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish86 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish88 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓88 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish90 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓90 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish90 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓91 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish92 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish92 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓92 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓93 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓98 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓99 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish102 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓102 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓102 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish103 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓105 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓109 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓109 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓111 km
Living nearby

Living in Carndonagh

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€140,000
74 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€740
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Carndonagh →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Carndonagh

Cost of living in Carndonagh →

New tenancies in Carndonagh averaged €740 a month in 2025, against €680 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€680
2025€740

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Carndonagh, F93 T935

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Padraig

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
124 pupils−7% since 2019/200.4 km
S.N. Donaigh
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
33 pupils+6% since 2019/201.1 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
186 pupils+11% since 2019/202.9 km
Glentogher Con N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
13 pupils3.1 km
Naomh Bridhid
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
92 pupils−12% since 2019/203.6 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
137 pupils+40% since 2019/205.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18605K

Questions about Scoil Naomh Padraig

Is Scoil Naomh Padraig 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 Scoil Naomh Padraig have?

163 pupils in 2025/26. That is +14% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Naomh Padraig teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Naomh Padraig teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Naomh Padraig?

Scoil Naomh Padraig has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Padraig?

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 Scoil Naomh Padraig?

The nearest are Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach (0.4 km), S.N. Donaigh (1.1 km) and Scoil Naomh Colmchille (2.9 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 Carndonagh; 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).