Scoil Bhríde Primary School
Killane, Edenderry, Co. Offaly · R45 X951 · Roll number 20267F
Scoil Bhríde Primary School is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Edenderry. Every school in and around Edenderry →
What stands out about Scoil Bhríde Primary School
- One of the larger primary schools: 480 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 480 pupils, 24% fewer than the 629 of 2019/20.
- In 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 5 primary schools around Edenderry.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Bhríde Primary School had 480 pupils in 2025/26, down from 552 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 629, in 2019/20. 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 Bhríde Primary School
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 Bhríde Primary School 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 Bhríde Primary School
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 Bhríde Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Bhríde Primary School 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. 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 Bhríde Primary School has shrunk by 24% since 2019/20. All the schools around Edenderry together changed by −3%.
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 Bhríde Primary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −24%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.4 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 61 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 78 km |
Living in Edenderry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Edenderry
Cost of living in Edenderry →New tenancies in Edenderry averaged €1,270 a month in 2025, against €1,186 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Edenderry, R45 X951
Primary schools near Scoil Bhríde Primary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Bhríde Primary School
Is Scoil Bhríde Primary School 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 Bhríde Primary School have?
480 pupils in 2025/26. That is −24% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Bhríde Primary School teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Bhríde Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Bhríde Primary School?
Scoil Bhríde Primary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Bhríde Primary School?
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 Bhríde Primary School?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Éadan Doire (0.2 km), Edenderry 2 N.S. (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).