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Ballyfacey, Glenmore, via New Ross, Co. Kilkenny · X91 C439 · Roll number 18257N
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Mullinavat. Every school in and around Mullinavat →
What stands out about S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh
- A small primary school: 54 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−10%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mullinavat’s outline, 6.6 km away; listed with Mullinavat, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh had 54 pupils in 2025/26, down from 60 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 64, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 2 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. Baile an Fhasaigh
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. Baile an Fhasaigh 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. Baile an Fhasaigh
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. Baile an Fhasaigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh has shrunk by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mullinavat together changed by −5%.
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −10%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 18 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 58 km |
Living in Mullinavat
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Mullinavat →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kilkenny
Cost of living in Mullinavat →New tenancies in Co. Kilkenny averaged €1,207 a month in 2025, against €1,119 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Mullinavat, X91 C439
Primary schools near S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh
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. Baile an Fhasaigh
Is S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh 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. Baile an Fhasaigh have?
54 pupils in 2025/26. That is −10% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh?
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh?
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. Baile an Fhasaigh?
The nearest are S.N. Seamus Naofa (3.2 km), Scoil Mholainge Listerlin (4.3 km) and S.N. Shean Bhoth (4.6 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 Mullinavat; 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).