S.N. Bride
Suncroft, Curragh, Co. Kildare · R56 NR27 · Roll number 18031K
S.N. Bride is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Suncroft. Every school in and around Suncroft →
What stands out about S.N. Bride
- A small primary school: 55 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 55 pupils, 15% fewer than the 65 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Bride had 55 pupils in 2025/26, down from 87 in 2015/16 (−37%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 1 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. Bride
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. Bride 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. Bride
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. Bride
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Bride 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: S.N. Bride has shrunk by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Suncroft together changed by −8%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Bride. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −15%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6.2 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.5 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 38 km |
Living in Suncroft
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R56 Eircode area
Housing in Suncroft →The median sale price rose from €350,000 in 2023 to €428,500 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R56 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Suncroft →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 ↗Suncroft, R56 NR27
Primary schools near S.N. Bride
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. Bride
Is S.N. Bride 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. Bride have?
55 pupils in 2025/26. That is −15% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Bride teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Bride teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Bride?
S.N. Bride has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Bride?
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. Bride?
The nearest are St Brigids N.S. (2.4 km), Ballyshannon N.S. (3.8 km) and St. Catherine of Sienna (4.8 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 Suncroft; 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).