Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
Lann Léire, Ardee Road, Dunleer, Co. Louth · A92 YW92 · Roll number 18148I
Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunleer. Every school in and around Dunleer →
What stands out about Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
- 202 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Dunleer.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. had 202 pupils in 2025/26, down from 233 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 51% of them. 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 Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
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 Bhride Mixed N.S. 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 Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
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 Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Dunleer together changed by +11%.
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.
Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 19 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
Living in Dunleer
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Dunleer →The median sale price rose from €333,500 in 2023 to €380,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Louth
Cost of living in Dunleer →New tenancies in Co. Louth averaged €1,433 a month in 2025, against €1,318 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dunleer, A92 YW92
Primary schools near Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.
Is Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. 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 Bhride Mixed N.S. have?
202 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.?
Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S.?
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 Bhride Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Dromin N.S. (3.2 km), S.N. Columcille (4.3 km) and S N Tigh an Lubhair (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 Dunleer; 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).