Photo: jwd · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of the schools around Naul are in DEIS than around Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
For Naul, that is below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). S N na hAille is a primary with 163 pupils. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Naul’s schools
More pupils every year
Pupil numbers at the schools here have grown faster than across Ireland (+5% since 2019/20), so classes and new places are a question worth asking. Pupils over time ↓
A wide choice at twelve
6 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Coláiste Ghlór na Mara (5.8 km), Bremore Educate Together Secondary School (6 km) and Franciscan College (6.4 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Where the school in or near Naul is
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Naul’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Pupil numbers around Naul
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Naul had 120 pupils in 2015/16 and 163 in 2025/26.
Pupils at schools in and around Naul
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Teaching through Irish in and around Naul
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
None of the 1 schools in and around Naul teaches every subject through Irish.
Who runs Naul’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
1 of Naul’s 1 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. Their patron: Archbishop of Dublin (1). None of the 1 is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
How children get a place in Naul
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
The school in and around Naul
Here are the schools in Naul or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Inspection reports for Naul’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; the link below opens the school’s own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| S N na hAillePrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Naul
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Within 10 km of Naul there are 6 post-primary schools: 4 voluntary secondary schools and 2 ETB schools. One of them is single-sex. Just one teaches every subject through Irish.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Ghlór na MaraVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 520 | 5.8 km |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 824 | 6 km |
| Franciscan CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 321 | 6.4 km |
| Balbriggan Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 686 | 7.2 km |
| Ardgillan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,014 | 7.3 km |
| Loreto Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 1,220 | 7.4 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Naul
No special school is in or near Naul. 1 of the 1 primary schools has special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Naul beside the 169 other Irish towns of 500 to 900 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cratloe | 899 | 1 | 278 | 0 | 0% | 6.6 km |
| … | ||||||
| Termonbarry | 699 | 3 | 229 | 0 | 0% | 9 km |
| Tulla | 697 | 2 | 986 | 0 | 0% | 0.6 km |
| Holycross | 697 | 2 | 230 | 0 | 50% | 6.3 km |
| Ballymore Eustace | 689 | 1 | 216 | 0 | 0% | 6.4 km |
| Naul | 684 | 1 | 163 | 0 | 0% | 5.8 km |
| Churchtown | 684 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 0% | 5.1 km |
| Johnstownbridge | 677 | 5 | 1,442 | 0 | 0% | 3.3 km |
| Hospital | 674 | 3 | 1,316 | 0 | 0% | 0.1 km |
| Kilmacow | 671 | 1 | 176 | 0 | 0% | 5.2 km |
| … | ||||||
| Stradbally | 500 | 2 | 134 | 0 | 0% | 8.7 km |
Of these 169 other towns, 136 count more pupils at their schools than Naul. Within 3 km, 15 of these 170 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Schools in the towns around Naul
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naul | 1 | 163 | 0 | 0% | 5.8 km |
| Stamullen 5.2 km | 3 | 1,043 | 0 | 0% | 2.1 km |
| Balrothery 6.8 km | 16 | 7,860 | 2 | 31% | 1.7 km |
| Balbriggan 6.8 km | 17 | 8,295 | 2 | 29% | 0.3 km |
| Lusk 10 km | 11 | 4,510 | 1 | 0% | 0.9 km |
| Ashbourne 11 km | 13 | 6,695 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 km |
| Skerries 11 km | 14 | 4,988 | 1 | 21% | 0.2 km |
Balrothery has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 2. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Naul changed by +17%; among its neighbours, Lusk’s grew most (+6%) and Stamullen’s least (−20%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Naul or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Naul
How many schools are there in Naul?
In Naul or within 3 km of it: 1 primary school, with 163 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Naul that teach through Irish?
None in Naul or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Is there a secondary school in Naul?
Not in Naul or within 3 km of it; the nearest is Coláiste Ghlór na Mara, 5.8 km away.
What is the best school in Naul?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Naul?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).