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Newbridge Educate Together NS

PrimaryMulti-denominational

Green Road, The Curragh, Co. Kildare · R56 YC60 · Roll number 20177E

Newbridge Educate Together NS is one of 11 primary schools in or within 3 km of Newbridge. Every school in and around Newbridge →

Pupils
406
September, 2025/26
205 girls, 201 boys
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 400 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Educate Together
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Newbridge Educate Together NS

  • One of the larger primary schools: 406 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is Educate Together; its ethos is multi-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Newbridge Educate Together NS had 406 pupils in 2025/26, against 397 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 447, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Newbridge Educate Together NS

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 Newbridge Educate Together NS 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 Newbridge Educate Together NS

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 Newbridge Educate Together NS

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

Families apply to Newbridge Educate Together NS 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
406
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 400 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Newbridge Educate Together NS is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Newbridge together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Newbridge Educate Together NS+2%
The primary schools around Newbridge−10%
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.

Newbridge Educate Together NS has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.

Newbridge Educate Together NS406
Gaelscoil Chill Dara288
Scoil Bride304
Scoil Mhuire389
Ballymany Junior333
St. Catherine of Sienna151
St Patricks187
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Newbridge Educate Together NS406+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish
Gaelscoil Chill Dara288−24%CatholicAll in Irish0.1 km
Scoil Bride304−4%CatholicEnglish1.3 km
Scoil Mhuire389−8%CatholicEnglish✓1.7 km
Ballymany Junior N.S.333−12%CatholicEnglish✓1.7 km
St. Catherine of Sienna151–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓1.7 km
St Patricks N.S.187−7%Church of IrelandEnglish✓2.1 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig306−11%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
St Conleths and Marys N.S.345−8%CatholicEnglish3 km
S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N285−25%CatholicEnglish3 km
Scoil na Naomh Uilig589−6%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
St Brigids N.S.167−5%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
St Brigids N.S.598−13%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha215+45%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish6 km
Kildare Town Educate Together NS417+0%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Brighde229+8%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Bride55−15%CatholicEnglish✓6.4 km
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School1,025+2%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
Ursaille Naofa236−7%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Ballyshannon N.S.115−10%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
S.N. Naomh Ioseph51−12%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Brannoxtown Community N.S.83+295%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.5 km
Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S.224−7%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.5 km
Almhaine N.S.184−18%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
St Davids N.S.98+5%Church of IrelandEnglish9.9 km
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh385−8%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish10 km
Caragh N.S.455−8%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Chorbain460−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Bhríde183−15%CatholicEnglish12 km
Naas Community National School364+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Mercy Convent Primary School607+9%CatholicEnglish12 km
An Linbh Iosa401−13%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Baile Roibeaird173−16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Bríd612−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Mhuire216+13%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Bride101−31%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.286−3%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Laurences National School646−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School263+2%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Cill Daingin207−8%CatholicEnglish14 km
Rathangan B N.S.308+7%CatholicEnglish15 km
Prosperous N.S.493−7%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Coill Dubh182+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Ide139−26%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Laurences N.S.259−11%CatholicEnglish15 km
Hewetsons N.S.89+2%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
St Patricks BNS488−7%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride480−8%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Rath Mor308+9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Monasterevan Convent377+5%CatholicEnglish17 km
St. John's National School45+2%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar239−0%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead88−10%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Brighde744+12%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilberry N.S.84−13%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Cianog Naofa90−10%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Nmh Mhuire105+12%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Brighde60−5%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Colmcill Naofa129+0%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Phadraig Naofa592−5%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Athy Model School90−7%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil Átha Í151−23%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓21 km
Rathcoffey N.S.215−4%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa496−20%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Straffan N.S.401+7%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Conleths N.S.278−9%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Annes National School329−1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Churchtown N.S.55−38%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ballyroe Central N.S.18−31%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Cill Cae49−8%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Tir Mochain100−17%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Scoil Treasa100−12%CatholicEnglish26 km
North Kildare Educate Together NS432+14%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Scoil na Mainistreach455+8%CatholicEnglish26 km
Newtown N.S.110+20%CatholicEnglish26 km
Primrose Hill N.S.109−4%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig374−10%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Naomh Brid235−43%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Patricks N.S.87−30%CatholicEnglish27 km
Aghards N.S.660−5%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Diarmada344−6%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim85+18%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Ui Fhiaich459−2%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Maynooth Educate Together National School415+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
St Josephs N.S.423+5%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Uí Riada484−7%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
S N na Cloiche Moire20−5%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Naomh Lorcain34−36%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Chóca Naofa467+18%CatholicEnglish29 km
Maynooth B N.S.595+4%CatholicEnglish29 km
Presentation Girls Primary School621+0%CatholicEnglish29 km
Gaelscoil Ruairí173–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish30 km
S.N. Cloch Rinnce137−11%CatholicEnglish30 km
Leixlip Educate Together National School207–Multi-denominationalEnglish31 km
Scoil Eoin Phoil264−19%CatholicEnglish31 km
S N na Maighdine Mhuire60−10%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Bhride295−5%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Mhuire289−6%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh376−11%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
San Carlo Senior N.S.301+13%CatholicEnglish32 km
San Carlo Junior N.S.265−0%CatholicEnglish32 km
Living nearby

Living in Newbridge

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

Median sale price
€401,000
1,169 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,422
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the W12 Eircode area

Housing in Newbridge →

The median sale price rose from €399,100 in 2023 to €439,800 in 2025 (+10%).

2023€399,100
2024€418,900
2025€439,800

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€438,900
Second-hand homes€352,600

Property Price Register sales in the W12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Newbridge averaged €1,422 a month in 2025, against €1,364 in 2024 (+4%).

2024€1,364
2025€1,422

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

Newbridge, R56 YC60

Nearby

Primary schools near Newbridge Educate Together NS

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Newbridge Educate Together NS

Is Newbridge Educate Together NS 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 Newbridge Educate Together NS have?

406 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.

Does Newbridge Educate Together NS teach through Irish?

No: Newbridge Educate Together NS teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Newbridge Educate Together NS?

Newbridge Educate Together NS has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Educate Together.

How do pupils get a place at Newbridge Educate Together NS?

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 Newbridge Educate Together NS?

The nearest are Gaelscoil Chill Dara (0.1 km), Scoil Bride (1.3 km) and Scoil Mhuire (1.7 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 Newbridge; 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).