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Edenderry 2 N.S.

PrimaryChurch of Ireland

Monasteroris National School, Edenderry · R45 HD23 · Roll number 15638K

Edenderry 2 N.S. is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Edenderry. Every school in and around Edenderry →

Pupils
48
September, 2025/26
19 girls, 29 boys
Since 2019/20
−27%
from 66 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Edenderry 2 N.S.

  • A small primary school: 48 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 48 pupils, 27% fewer than the 66 of 2019/20.
  • The smallest of the 5 primary schools around Edenderry.
  • 19 girls and 29 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Edenderry 2 N.S. had 48 pupils in 2025/26, down from 64 in 2015/16 (−25%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 66, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Edenderry 2 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 Edenderry 2 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Edenderry 2 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 in

Getting a place at Edenderry 2 N.S.

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

Families apply to Edenderry 2 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.

Pupils
48
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−27%
from 66 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Edenderry 2 N.S. has shrunk by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Edenderry together changed by −3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Edenderry 2−27%
The primary schools around Edenderry−13%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Edenderry 2 N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −27%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Edenderry 248
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480
St Patrick's192
Edenderry Convent429
S.N. Phadraig124
Castlejordan Central79
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Edenderry 2 N.S.48−27%Church of IrelandEnglish
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓0.2 km
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480−24%CatholicEnglish✓0.4 km
St Patrick's National School192−13%CatholicEnglish✓0.6 km
Edenderry Convent N.S.429+12%CatholicEnglish0.8 km
S.N. Phadraig124−2%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Castlejordan Central N.S.79−7%CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Mhuire Naofa91−40%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Clonbullogue N.S.84−9%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
Scoil Bhride70−23%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Brogain72−14%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Daingean N.S.261+4%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Naomh Mhuire N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa193+7%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Colmans N.S.97−14%CatholicEnglish20 km
Geashill 1 N.S.126−2%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Mhuire124−8%CatholicEnglish22 km
Cloneyhurke N.S.18−40%CatholicEnglish25 km
Clonaghadoo N.S.81−24%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada185−11%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Charleville N.S.173+92%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
S.N. Naomh Philomena164−7%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Shinchill N.S.286+3%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. Joseph's N.S.360−12%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Arden Boys N.S.215+4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Cholumchille197−8%CatholicEnglish29 km
Tullamore Educate Together NS236+7%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Scoil Mhuire249−20%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach116−32%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Colmain Naofa322+5%CatholicEnglish33 km
Ballykilmurry N.S.199−6%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol15−52%CatholicEnglish34 km
Clara Convent N.S.180−17%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa186−14%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Seosamh97+31%CatholicEnglish36 km
S N Chartaigh Naofa147−21%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Mhanachain176+5%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Mhuire72+6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Mount Bolus N.S.25−29%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Muire Naofa64−27%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
St Ciarans Mixed N.S.110−12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Bhride111+14%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Naomh Callin69−9%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29–CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Lomchluana33−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
Ceann Eitigh N.S.132+15%CatholicEnglish51 km
St. Cynoc's National School189−4%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin148+23%CatholicEnglish54 km
St Marys National School93−4%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Seir Kierans N.S.71+20%CatholicEnglish56 km
High St Mixed N.S.73+14%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Ros Com Rua21−28%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa83+17%CatholicEnglish61 km
Gaelscoil na Laochra45+29%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish62 km
Croinchoill N.S.243+1%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Osmann86+4%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
Mercy Primary School141−2%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
St Brendans Monastery178−8%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish63 km
St Rynaghs N.S.249+1%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish65 km
St Cronans Mixed N.S.72+13%CatholicEnglish66 km
Shinrone Mixed N.S.121+1%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Caoimhin Naofa67−17%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan76+23%CatholicEnglish73 km
S.N. Seosamh108+29%CatholicEnglish78 km
Living nearby

Living in Edenderry

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

Median sale price
€265,000
338 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,270
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the R45 Eircode area

Housing in Edenderry →

The median sale price rose from €235,000 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+28%).

2023€235,000
2024€292,000
2025€300,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€323,700
Second-hand homes€248,500

Property Price Register sales in the R45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Edenderry averaged €1,270 a month in 2025, against €1,186 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€1,186
2025€1,270

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

Edenderry, R45 HD23

Nearby

Primary schools near Edenderry 2 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 Edenderry 2 N.S.

Is Edenderry 2 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 Edenderry 2 N.S. have?

48 pupils in 2025/26. That is −27% since 2019/20.

Does Edenderry 2 N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Edenderry 2 N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Edenderry 2 N.S.?

Edenderry 2 N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI.

How do pupils get a place at Edenderry 2 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 Edenderry 2 N.S.?

The nearest are Gaelscoil Éadan Doire (0.2 km), Scoil Bhríde Primary School (0.4 km) and St Patrick's National School (0.6 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 Edenderry; 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).