Scoil Naomh Bride
Batterstown, Trim, Co. Meath · C15 TP62 · Roll number 17947K
Scoil Naomh Bride is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathmolyon. Every school in and around Rathmolyon →
What stands out about Scoil Naomh Bride
- 181 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Rathmolyon’s outline, 5.1 km away; listed with Rathmolyon, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Naomh Bride had 181 pupils in 2025/26, down from 186 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 207, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 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 Naomh Bride
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 Naomh Bride 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 Naomh Bride
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 Naomh Bride
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Naomh Bride 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: Scoil Naomh Bride has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20.
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, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Naomh Bride. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km |
Living in Rathmolyon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Rathmolyon →The median sale price rose from €360,000 in 2023 to €445,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A83 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Meath
Cost of living in Rathmolyon →New tenancies in Co. Meath averaged €1,542 a month in 2025, against €1,434 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Rathmolyon, C15 TP62
Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Bride
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Naomh Bride
Is Scoil Naomh Bride 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 Naomh Bride have?
181 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Naomh Bride teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Naomh Bride teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Naomh Bride?
Scoil Naomh Bride has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Bride?
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 Naomh Bride?
The nearest are S.N. Mhichil Naofa (4.4 km), S.N. Columbain (6.8 km) and St Marys Convent N.S. (7 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 Rathmolyon; 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).