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Naas Community National School

PrimaryMulti-denominational

Craddockstown Road, Naas, Co. Kildare · W91 HF68 · Roll number 20351R

Naas Community National School is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Naas. Every school in and around Naas →

Pupils
364
September, 2025/26
176 girls, 188 boys
Since 2019/20
+44%
from 253 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Kildare & Wicklow ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Naas Community National School

  • One of the larger primary schools: 364 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 364 pupils, 44% more than the 253 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Naas Community National School had 364 pupils in 2025/26, against 245 in 2015/16 (+49%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.

01002003004002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Naas Community 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 Naas Community 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Naas Community 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 in

Getting a place at Naas Community National School

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

Families apply to Naas Community 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.

Pupils
364
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+44%
from 253 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Naas Community National School has grown by 44% since 2019/20. All the schools around Naas together changed by +7%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Naas Community+44%
The primary schools around Naas−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, 4 have more pupils than Naas Community National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +44%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Naas Community364
An Linbh Iosa401
Scoil Chorbain460
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh385
Mercy Convent Primary School607
St Davids98
Killashee Multi-Denominational224
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Naas Community National School364+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish
An Linbh Iosa401−13%CatholicEnglish0.7 km
Scoil Chorbain460−11%CatholicEnglish1.2 km
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh385−8%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish1.8 km
Mercy Convent Primary School607+9%CatholicEnglish1.8 km
St Davids N.S.98+5%Church of IrelandEnglish2.1 km
Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S.224−7%Multi-denominationalEnglish2.6 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Bríd612−8%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
St Laurences National School646−6%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Ursaille Naofa236−7%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
S.N. Rath Mor308+9%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Caragh N.S.455−8%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
S.N. Brighde744+12%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
S.N. Mhuire216+13%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Hewetsons N.S.89+2%Church of IrelandEnglish8.6 km
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride480−8%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N285−25%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
St Patricks BNS488−7%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
St Conleths and Marys N.S.345−8%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig306−11%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Brannoxtown Community N.S.83+295%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.9 km
Scoil na Naomh Uilig589−6%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Brigids N.S.598−13%CatholicEnglish11 km
Prosperous N.S.493−7%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Annes National School329−1%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Patricks N.S.187−7%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Mhuire389−8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Ballymany Junior N.S.333−12%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Gaelscoil Chill Dara288−24%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
Scoil Bride304−4%CatholicEnglish12 km
Newbridge Educate Together NS406+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Straffan N.S.401+7%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Baile Roibeaird173−16%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. Catherine of Sienna151–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓14 km
Almhaine N.S.184−18%CatholicEnglish14 km
Rathcoffey N.S.215−4%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Brighde229+8%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Coill Dubh182+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Naomh Ioseph51−12%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Brigids N.S.167−5%CatholicEnglish15 km
North Kildare Educate Together NS432+14%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
S.N. Nmh Mhuire105+12%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil na Mainistreach455+8%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig374−10%CatholicEnglish16 km
Primrose Hill N.S.109−4%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Scoil Naomh Brid235−43%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School263+2%CatholicEnglish16 km
Aghards N.S.660−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Ballyshannon N.S.115−10%CatholicEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha215+45%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish18 km
Kildare Town Educate Together NS417+0%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
S.N. Bride55−15%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School1,025+2%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Ui Fhiaich459−2%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
S.N. Cianog Naofa90−10%CatholicEnglish19 km
Maynooth Educate Together National School415+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
S.N. Tir Mochain100−17%CatholicEnglish19 km
Maynooth B N.S.595+4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Presentation Girls Primary School621+0%CatholicEnglish20 km
Leixlip Educate Together National School207–Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Scoil Eoin Phoil264−19%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Bhride295−5%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Mhuire289−6%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh376−11%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead88−10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Gaelscoil Ruairí173–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
San Carlo Senior N.S.301+13%CatholicEnglish21 km
San Carlo Junior N.S.265−0%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Josephs N.S.423+5%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Uí Riada484−7%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
Scoil Chóca Naofa467+18%CatholicEnglish22 km
Newtown N.S.110+20%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.286−3%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Laurences N.S.259−11%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Brighde60−5%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Bhríde183−15%CatholicEnglish24 km
Rathangan B N.S.308+7%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Conleths N.S.278−9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Bride101−31%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Scoil Treasa100−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Ide139−26%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Patricks N.S.87−30%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Cill Daingin207−8%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim85+18%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Colmcill Naofa129+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
Monasterevan Convent377+5%CatholicEnglish28 km
St. John's National School45+2%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar239−0%CatholicEnglish29 km
Kilberry N.S.84−13%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S N na Maighdine Mhuire60−10%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Phadraig Naofa592−5%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Athy Model School90−7%Church of IrelandEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Átha Í151−23%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Cloch Rinnce137−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa496−20%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Cill Cae49−8%CatholicEnglish33 km
Ballyroe Central N.S.18−31%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S N na Cloiche Moire20−5%CatholicEnglish34 km
Churchtown N.S.55−38%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Diarmada344−6%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Naomh Lorcain34−36%CatholicEnglish37 km
Living nearby

Living in Naas

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

Median sale price
€425,000
1,149 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,889
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the W91 Eircode area

Housing in Naas →

The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).

2023€410,000
2024€425,100
2025€435,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€463,300
Second-hand homes€386,300

Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Naas averaged €1,889 a month in 2025, against €1,741 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,741
2025€1,889

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

Naas, W91 HF68

Nearby

Primary schools near Naas Community 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 Naas Community National School

Is Naas Community 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 Naas Community National School have?

364 pupils in 2025/26. That is +44% since 2019/20.

Does Naas Community National School teach through Irish?

No: Naas Community National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Naas Community National School?

Naas Community National School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Naas Community 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 Naas Community National School?

The nearest are An Linbh Iosa (0.7 km), Scoil Chorbain (1.2 km) and Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh (1.8 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 Naas; 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).