Tarbert National School
Chapel Street, Tarbert, Co. Kerry · V31 TW13 · Roll number 18705O
Tarbert National School is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Tarbert. Every school in and around Tarbert →
What stands out about Tarbert National School
- 133 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Tarbert or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tarbert National School had 133 pupils in 2025/26, down from 154 in 2015/16 (−14%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Tarbert National School
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 Tarbert National School 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.
Inspection reports on Tarbert National School
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 a place at Tarbert National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tarbert National School 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tarbert National School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Tarbert together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The 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 Tarbert National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Fergus Primary School | 159 | +21% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Ballyguiltenane N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 66 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 71 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 76 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 77 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 79 km | |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 83 km | |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 83 km | |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 83 km | |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 86 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 86 km |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 88 km |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 88 km | |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 89 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 89 km |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 94 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 95 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 98 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 102 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 102 km | |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 104 km |
Living in Tarbert
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V31 Eircode area
Housing in Tarbert →The median sale price rose from €204,000 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V31 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kerry
Cost of living in Tarbert →New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Tarbert, V31 TW13
Primary schools near Tarbert National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Tarbert National School
Is Tarbert National School 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 Tarbert National School have?
133 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Tarbert National School teach through Irish?
No: Tarbert National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tarbert National School?
Tarbert National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at Tarbert National School?
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 Tarbert National School?
The nearest are S.N. an Leana Mhoir (5.9 km), Burrane N.S. (6.2 km) and St Fergus Primary School (6.2 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 Tarbert; 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).