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Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

PrimaryCatholic

Killeshin, Carlow, Co. Laois · R93 XF53 · Roll number 17617M

Scoil Chomhgain Naofa is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Newtown. Every school in and around Newtown →

Pupils
380
September, 2025/26
178 girls, 202 boys
Since 2019/20
−5%
from 398 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

  • One of the larger primary schools: 380 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Newtown’s outline, 8 km away; listed with Newtown, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Chomhgain Naofa had 380 pupils in 2025/26, against 347 in 2015/16 (+10%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 398, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

01002003004005002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

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 Scoil Chomhgain Naofa 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 Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

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 Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

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

Families apply to Scoil Chomhgain Naofa 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
380
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−5%
from 398 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Chomhgain Naofa is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−5%). All the schools around Newtown together changed by −9%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Chomhgain Naofa−5%
The primary schools around Newtown−9%
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, 2 have more pupils than Scoil Chomhgain Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Chomhgain Naofa380
S N Naomh Fhiach570
Carlow Educate Together NS389
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch165
Ardlios50
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa111
S.N. Ceatharlach137
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Chomhgain Naofa380−5%CatholicEnglish
S N Naomh Fhiach570−3%CatholicEnglish✓3.6 km
Carlow Educate Together NS389+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4.4 km
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch165−34%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
Ardlios N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa111−19%CatholicEnglish✓4.9 km
S.N. Ceatharlach137+3%Church of IrelandEnglish4.9 km
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Laois
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Abbain Cillin99+5%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22−42%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Bhride N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
Scoil Naomh Abban73+38%CatholicEnglish✓8.1 km
Scoil Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Padraig218−16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Shanganamore N.S.106−8%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa29−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Ballyadams N.S.111+0%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Molaise58−9%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Mhuire Fatima N.S.193+31%CatholicEnglish19 km
Cosby N.S.57+90%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
St Coleman's National School318+16%CatholicSome subjects in Irish21 km
Ballinakill Mixed N.S.98+7%CatholicEnglish21 km
Raithin an Uisce N.S.211−4%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ballyroan Primary School177+11%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire269−14%CatholicEnglish25 km
Abbeyleix Sth N.S.84−21%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo192+7%CatholicEnglish27 km
Holy Family Senior School644−13%CatholicEnglish27 km
Holy Family Junior School599−9%CatholicEnglish27 km
Fraoch Mor N.S.212−10%CatholicEnglish27 km
Portlaoise Educate Together NS457+11%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Gaelscoil Phort Laoise369+4%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Rath Mixed N.S.194−11%CatholicEnglish28 km
Maryboro N.S.96+5%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Tobar an Leinn168+56%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.727−6%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Fionntan Naofa60−22%CatholicEnglish30 km
Naomh Pius X N.S.49+58%CatholicEnglish31 km
Emo Mixed N.S.207−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
Trummera N.S.34−6%CatholicAll in Irish32 km
Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa108+9%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin374−11%CatholicEnglish33 km
Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S.64−22%CatholicEnglish35 km
Na Carraige N.S.204−1%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Phadraig521−0%CatholicEnglish35 km
Presentation Primary School496−30%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Baile Finn208−11%CatholicEnglish36 km
Barr na Sruthan N S91+42%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Castletown N.S.111−8%CatholicEnglish36 km
Cluain Eidhneach N.S.89+22%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
St Josephs Girls N.S.230−4%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Mountmellick Boys N.S.188−24%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Bhride95+14%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
St Fintans N.S.108+19%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 284−16%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
St Pauls N.S.41+32%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
Paddock N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish39 km
Rushall N.S.30−27%CatholicEnglish39 km
Naomh Padraig N.S.86−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Bhride244+21%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Rosenallis N.S.75−18%CatholicEnglish42 km
Cill an Iubhair N.S.23−30%CatholicEnglish43 km
Camross N.S.156+24%CatholicEnglish44 km
Kiladooley Mixed N.S.132+25%CatholicEnglish44 km
St Josephs National School95−10%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Naomh Colmcille71+0%CatholicEnglish46 km
Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala49+7%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish49 km
Scoil Bhride127+8%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe53−38%CatholicEnglish52 km
Living nearby

Living in Newtown

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

Median sale price
€272,400
routing key R93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,235
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Laois

Homes in the R93 Eircode area

Housing in Newtown →

The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,200 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€250,000
2024€280,000
2025€287,200

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€330,800
Second-hand homes€251,400

Property Price Register sales in the R93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Laois

Cost of living in Newtown →

New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).

2024€1,112
2025€1,235

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

near Newtown, R93 XF53

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

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

Questions about Scoil Chomhgain Naofa

Is Scoil Chomhgain Naofa 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 Scoil Chomhgain Naofa have?

380 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Chomhgain Naofa teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Chomhgain Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Chomhgain Naofa?

Scoil Chomhgain Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Chomhgain Naofa?

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 Scoil Chomhgain Naofa?

The nearest are S N Naomh Fhiach (3.6 km), Carlow Educate Together NS (4.4 km) and Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch (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 Newtown; 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).