St Patricks BNS
Clane, Co. Kildare · W91 FC97 · Roll number 19796C
St Patricks BNS is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Clane. Every school in and around Clane →
What stands out about St Patricks BNS
- One of the larger primary schools: 488 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Patricks BNS had 488 pupils in 2025/26, down from 494 in 2015/16 (−1%). Its largest roll was 530, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Patricks BNS
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 St Patricks BNS 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 St Patricks BNS
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 St Patricks BNS
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Patricks BNS 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 takes boys only. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Patricks BNS has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clane together changed by +3%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St Patricks BNS. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.2 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 45 km |
Living in Clane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Clane →The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clane
Cost of living in Clane →New tenancies in Clane averaged €1,661 a month in 2025, against €1,588 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Clane, W91 FC97
Primary schools near St Patricks BNS
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Patricks BNS
Is St Patricks BNS 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 St Patricks BNS have?
488 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does St Patricks BNS teach through Irish?
No: St Patricks BNS teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Patricks BNS?
St Patricks BNS has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at St Patricks BNS?
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 St Patricks BNS?
The nearest are Scoil Naisiunta Bhride (0.1 km), Hewetsons N.S. (1.2 km) and Prosperous N.S. (3.7 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 Clane; 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).