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S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

PrimaryCatholic

BAILE HAOL, CO KILKENNY · R95 EK00 · Roll number 17628R

S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyhale. Every school in and around Ballyhale →

Pupils
173
September, 2025/26
79 girls, 94 boys
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 178 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ossory
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

  • 173 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Ballyhale or within 3 km of it.
  • Outside Ballyhale’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Ballyhale, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd had 173 pupils in 2025/26, down from 178 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 182, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

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. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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 S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

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 S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

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

Families apply to S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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
173
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 178 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Ballyhale together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd−3%
The primary schools around Ballyhale−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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd173
St Brendans Mixed50
S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed56
S.N. Chiaran Naofa142
Scoil San Lionard115
St Mary's398
Kilmoganny Mixed23
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd173−3%CatholicEnglish
St Brendans Mixed N.S.50−17%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed56+0%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
S.N. Chiaran Naofa142+29%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Scoil San Lionard115−15%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
St Mary's National School398−12%CatholicSome subjects in Irish8.3 km
Kilmoganny Mixed N.S.23+10%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Bhridhe27–CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Cholmcille104−27%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Scoil Mholainge Listerlin148+9%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Beacons N.S.175−5%CatholicEnglish11 km
Templeorum N.S.38−32%CatholicEnglish11 km
Owning National School100+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
S N San Nioclas120+3%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Michaels National School63+34%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh54−10%CatholicEnglish14 km
Burnchurch National School44−28%CatholicEnglish14 km
Bennettsbridge National School206+7%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Baile an Phiull254−23%CatholicEnglish15 km
Colmcille Mixed N.S.20−29%CatholicEnglish16 km
Bunscoil McAuley Rice406−9%CatholicEnglish16 km
The Rower Mixed N.S.115−33%CatholicEnglish16 km
St. Senan's National School176+2%CatholicEnglish16 km
Church Hill Mixed N.S.192+14%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Seamus Naofa91−13%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148−8%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Graig na Manach Buac68−9%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Mhuire261−6%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Naomh Padraigh202+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
Kilkenny School Project236+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Osrai438−5%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Skeaghvastheen N.S.85−13%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Muire197−24%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa331−15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea330−2%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Mhuire400−10%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Iognaid de Ris278+37%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ringville National School35−31%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain204−5%CatholicEnglish22 km
Carigeen N.S.123−23%CatholicEnglish22 km
St. John's National School441–CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Slieverue Mixed N.S.208−8%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Canices Central N.S.648−1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kilkenny Mixed N.S.198−4%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
St Aidans N.S.175−9%CatholicEnglish23 km
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde45−34%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Bhride B7C217−15%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Tulach Ruain91−7%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph127+37%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Lachtain201+6%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Bhreandain Naofa192−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Lisnafunchin32−32%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Colmain20–CatholicEnglish33 km
Clontubrid Mixed N.S.43−26%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Bhrighde46−12%CatholicEnglish36 km
Ballyragget National School163+20%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Íosagáin121–CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Wandesforde Mixed N.S.52−10%Church of IrelandEnglish38 km
Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa223−15%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Lisdowney N.S.96+1%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Chrion Choill28−24%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Chiarain90+6%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. an Moinin Rua127+2%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Holycross N.S.72−23%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa14−56%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
St Patricks N.S.57−25%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62+3%CatholicEnglish44 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyhale

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

Median sale price
€322,900
routing key R95, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,207
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kilkenny

Homes in the R95 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyhale →

The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).

2023€289,400
2024€325,000
2025€351,700

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€385,600
Second-hand homes€276,500

Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kilkenny

Cost of living in Ballyhale →

New tenancies in Co. Kilkenny averaged €1,207 a month in 2025, against €1,119 in 2024 (+8%).

2024€1,119
2025€1,207

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

near Ballyhale, R95 EK00

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd

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. Naomh Padraig Mxd

Is S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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. Naomh Padraig Mxd have?

173 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd?

S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd?

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. Naomh Padraig Mxd?

The nearest are St Brendans Mixed N.S. (4.3 km), S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed (4.9 km) and S.N. Chiaran Naofa (7.8 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 Ballyhale; 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).