Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer single-sex secondaries around Slieverue than around Co. Kilkenny’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
For Slieverue, that is below both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (56%) and Irish towns (39%). 2,514 pupils go to the 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 special school in or within 3 km of Slieverue. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Slieverue’s schools
No school in DEIS
None of the schools here is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. Who runs them ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Within 10 km of the town there are 10 post-primary schools to choose from, of different kinds; each sets its own admission policy, and many families apply to several. The nearest: Abbey Community College (3 km), Waterpark College (3.9 km) and De La Salle College (4.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Who runs Slieverue’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
6 of Slieverue’s 8 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Ossory (4), Irish Autism Action (1) and Kilkenny & Carlow ETB (1). None of the 8 is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Where the 8 schools in and around Slieverue are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Slieverue’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Slieverue
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
None of the 8 schools in and around Slieverue teaches every subject through Irish.
Who Slieverue’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Kilkenny’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Slieverue | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| Girls | 47% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 0% | 6% |
DEIS schools teach 0% of the pupils around Slieverue, a smaller share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Kilkenny: 20%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 0% against 29%.
Each of the 8 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slieverue Mixed N.S.Primary | 208 | 50% | ||
| Jonah Special SchoolSpecial | 12 | – | ||
| S.N. Muire an Port MorPrimary | 212 | 0% | ||
| Abbey Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 1,004 | 48% | ||
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNSPrimary | 187 | 100% | ||
| Ringville National SchoolPrimary | 35 | 37% | ||
| Waterpark N.S.Primary | 235 | 48% | ||
| Waterpark CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 621 | 43% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
The 5 patrons of Slieverue’s schools
The patron owns the school and sets its ethos; a board of management runs it day to day.
Of the 8 schools around Slieverue, 4 have Bishop of Ossory as patron, teaching 26% of the pupils; 5 patrons in all. One is an ETB school.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of OssoryS.N. Muire an Port Mor, Slieverue Mixed, Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS, Ringville | Catholic | 4 | 642 |
| Kilkenny & Carlow ETBAbbey | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,004 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustWaterpark College | Catholic | 1 | 621 |
| Bishop of Waterford & LismoreWaterpark | Catholic | 1 | 235 |
| Irish Autism ActionJonah Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 12 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Slieverue
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Between 2019/20 and now, 2 of the 7 grew by 5% or more and 3 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 8 schools in and around Slieverue
Each school in or within 3 km of Slieverue links to a page of its own. No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Inspection reports for Slieverue’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 8 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| Slieverue Mixed N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Jonah Special SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S.N. Muire an Port MorPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Abbey Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNSPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Ringville National SchoolPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Waterpark N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Waterpark CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Slieverue
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
10 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Slieverue: 8 voluntary secondary schools and 2 ETB schools. Of these, 5 are single-sex: 3 for girls and 2 for boys. Just one teaches every subject through Irish.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,004 | 3 km |
| Waterpark CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 621 | 3.9 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 1,023 | 4.2 km |
| Newtown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Quaker | Girls and boys | Boarding | 415 | 4.3 km |
| C.B.S. Mount Sion, WaterfordVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 494 | 4.6 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 479 | 4.7 km |
| St Angela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 937 | 5.3 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 458 | 5.3 km |
| St Paul's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 792 | 5.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Phort LáirgeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 146 | 6.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Slieverue
Jonah Special School is the special school here, with 12 pupils. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Slieverue beside the 217 other Irish towns of 300 to 600 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshford | 593 | 2 | 244 | 0 | 50% | 10 km |
| … | ||||||
| Rathmolyon | 462 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0% | 7.2 km |
| Multyfarnham | 460 | 2 | 675 | 0 | 0% | 2 km |
| Courtbrack | 459 | 1 | 167 | 0 | 0% | 7 km |
| Portroe | 459 | 2 | 256 | 0 | 0% | 8.5 km |
| Slieverue | 458 | 8 | 2,514 | 0 | 0% | 3 km |
| Monivea | 456 | 2 | 450 | 0 | 0% | 8.6 km |
| Castletown | 454 | 5 | 1,192 | 0 | 40% | 2.2 km |
| Mín Lárach | 453 | 6 | 841 | 5 | 100% | 5.9 km |
| O'Briensbridge-Montpelier | 451 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 0% | 7.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Gneevgullia | 300 | 1 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 4.8 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 6 of the other 217 towns than around Slieverue. Within 3 km, 19 of these 218 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Slieverue
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Slieverue had 2,152 pupils in 2015/16 and 2,514 in 2025/26. Waterpark College grew most: +19% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Slieverue
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Slieverue
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slieverue | 8 | 2,514 | 0 | 0% | 3 km |
| Ferrybank 2.5 km | 32 | 12,081 | 2 | 38% | 0.6 km |
| Waterford City Centre 4.1 km | 33 | 12,411 | 2 | 39% | 0.5 km |
| Grange Upper 4.7 km | 29 | 11,835 | 2 | 41% | 0.8 km |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill 4.9 km | 31 | 11,459 | 2 | 36% | 2.1 km |
| Poleberry 4.9 km | 29 | 11,782 | 1 | 45% | 0.4 km |
| Cleaboy 5.3 km | 29 | 11,782 | 1 | 45% | 0.7 km |
Ferrybank has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 2. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Slieverue changed by +4%; among its neighbours, Poleberry’s grew most (+4%) and Grantstown and Ballinakill’s least (+1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Slieverue or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Slieverue
How many schools are there in Slieverue?
In Slieverue or within 3 km of it: 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 special school, with 2,514 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Slieverue that teach through Irish?
None in Slieverue or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Slieverue?
No: all 2 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Slieverue?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Slieverue?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).