S.N. Ide
Kilmead, Athy, Co. Kildare · R14 EV65 · Roll number 17650K
S.N. Ide is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilmead. Every school in and around Kilmead →
What stands out about S.N. Ide
- 139 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 139 pupils, 26% fewer than the 188 of 2019/20.
- 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 Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Kilmead or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Ide had 139 pupils in 2025/26, down from 206 in 2015/16 (−33%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 208, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Ide
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 S.N. Ide 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 S.N. Ide
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 S.N. Ide
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Ide 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Ide has shrunk by 26% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilmead together changed by −26%.
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Ide. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −26%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Kilmead
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R14 Eircode area
Housing in Kilmead →The median sale price rose from €229,000 in 2023 to €345,000 in 2025 (+51%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Kilmead →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,589 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilmead, R14 EV65
Primary schools near S.N. Ide
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Ide
Is S.N. Ide 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 S.N. Ide have?
139 pupils in 2025/26. That is −26% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Ide teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Ide teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Ide?
S.N. Ide has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Ide?
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 S.N. Ide?
The nearest are Scoil Phadraig Naofa (6.4 km), Athy Model School (6.6 km) and Gaelscoil Átha Í (6.6 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 Kilmead; 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).