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Scoil Chartha Naofa

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes

CHILL CHARTHA, CO DHUN NA NGALL · F94 KC99 · Roll number 19685Q

Scoil Chartha Naofa is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Cill Charthaigh. Every school in and around Cill Charthaigh →

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Pupils
111
September, 2025/26
54 girls, 57 boys
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 108 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Chartha Naofa

  • 111 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • 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.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Cill Charthaigh or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Chartha Naofa had 111 pupils in 2025/26, down from 118 in 2015/16 (−6%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 118, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Chartha Naofa

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 Chartha Naofa 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 Chartha Naofa

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 Chartha Naofa

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

Families apply to Scoil Chartha Naofa 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 teaches every subject through Irish. 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
111
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 108 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Chartha Naofa is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Cill Charthaigh together changed by +3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Chartha Naofa+3%
The primary schools around Cill Charthaigh+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 Chartha Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Chartha Naofa111
S N na Carraige59
S.N. Fhionntra5
S.N. Min an Aoire14
S.N. Neill Mor240
Killybegs Common75
S.N. an Chaiseal58
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.6 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓7.5 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish20 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓30 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish32 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓35 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish56 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish58 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish59 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓61 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish63 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish64 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish64 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish66 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓66 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓67 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish68 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish68 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish70 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓71 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish72 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓72 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓72 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish72 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish73 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish75 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓77 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish78 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish79 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓81 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓86 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓86 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish89 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish91 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish91 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish91 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish98 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish106 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓107 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓108 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓114 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓114 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓114 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓116 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓117 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish117 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish117 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓118 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish121 km
Living nearby

Living in Cill Charthaigh

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

Median sale price
€191,400
routing key F94, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F94 Eircode area

Housing in Cill Charthaigh →

The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+5%).

2023€185,000
2024€195,000
2025€195,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€301,700
Second-hand homes€179,500

Property Price Register sales in the F94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Cill Charthaigh →

New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€893
2025€977

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

Location

Directions ↗

Cill Charthaigh, F94 KC99

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Chartha Naofa

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

S N na Carraige
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
59 pupils−27% since 2019/203.6 km
S.N. Fhionntra
Primary · Catholic
5 pupils−88% since 2019/206.9 km
S.N. Min an Aoire
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
14 pupils7.5 km
S.N. Neill Mor
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
240 pupils+22% since 2019/209.6 km
Killybegs Common N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
75 pupils+7% since 2019/2011 km
S.N. an Chaiseal
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
58 pupils−17% since 2019/2012 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19685Q

Questions about Scoil Chartha Naofa

Is Scoil Chartha Naofa 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 Chartha Naofa have?

111 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Chartha Naofa teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Chartha Naofa is taught through Irish.

Who runs Scoil Chartha Naofa?

Scoil Chartha Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Chartha Naofa?

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 Chartha Naofa?

The nearest are S N na Carraige (3.6 km), S.N. Fhionntra (6.9 km) and S.N. Min an Aoire (7.5 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 Cill Charthaigh; 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).