Thomastown N.S.
Ardobireen, Thomastown, Golden, Co. Tipperary · E25 F840 · Roll number 04620D
Thomastown N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Golden. Every school in and around Golden →
What stands out about Thomastown N.S.
- 112 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 112 pupils, 37% more than the 82 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Golden’s outline, 2.2 km away; listed with Golden, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Thomastown N.S. had 112 pupils in 2025/26, against 87 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 121, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Thomastown 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 Thomastown 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 Thomastown 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 Thomastown N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Thomastown 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: Thomastown N.S. has grown by 37% since 2019/20. All the schools around Golden together changed by +8%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Thomastown N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +37%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomastown N.S. | 112 | +37% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. an Ghabhailin | 85 | −15% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 84 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Knockavilla N.S. | 147 | +30% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 75 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Tankerstown N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann | 107 | +19% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashel Deanery | 29 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| St John the Baptist | 293 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys School | 268 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Tipperary Jnr Bn S | 107 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Tipperary G N.S. | 149 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Francis National School | 32 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Josephs Primary School | 192 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 199 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Annacarty N.S. | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballydrehid N.S. | 13 | −71% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| New Inn B N.S. | 48 | −37% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| San Isadoir | 124 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Clonoulty Central N.S. | 96 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rosegreen N.S. | 152 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rossmore National School | 83 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Monard N.S. | 112 | +17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cappawhite N.S. | 126 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S N na hAille | 128 | +22% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Dualla N.S. | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Bunscoil na Cathrach | 411 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Bruis N.S. | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballytarsna N.S. | 76 | −18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Shronell N.S. | 58 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaile N.S. | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Hollyford N.S. | 26 | −37% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lisvernane N.S. | 122 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Cullen N.S. | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballylooby N.S. | 148 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Micheal Naofa | 195 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Iubhair | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Cleireachain | 202 | −0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Chuirt Doighte | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Rath Chaomhghin | 143 | +17% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Moyglass N.S. | 130 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Grainseach | 137 | −33% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Ailbe's National School | 122 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 138 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Sceichin A Rince | 40 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ardfinnan N.S. | 244 | +6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballycahill N.S. | 49 | −14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 124 | −11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lisronagh N.S. | 106 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cill Chuimin | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Durlas Eile | 194 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Clogheen Central N.S. | 81 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Killenaule N.S. | 135 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhghin | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Angela | 219 | −12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Teampall Toinne | 135 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 247 | +24% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Oliver Plunketts N.S. | 334 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Rear N.S. | 83 | +43% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N na hInse | 83 | +11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Peter and Paul | 304 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Leamhach | 117 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Killusty N.S. | 4 | −88% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Powerstown N.S. | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cualán | 198 | +6% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Chluainin | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Two Mile Borris N.S. | 148 | +29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Guail | 16 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Naomh Padraig Junior | 46 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Naomh Padraig Senior | 54 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Rath Eilte | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Killurney N.S. | 31 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Lackamore N.S. | 36 | −20% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Teampall Doire | 104 | +4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. an Droma | 41 | −28% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Loch Mor Maigh N.S. | 86 | −3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Baile Sluagh | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Lisnamrock N.S. | 65 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Cill Siolain | 90 | −24% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Barnane N.S. | 39 | −24% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N na Maighne | 65 | −33% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 71 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 55 | −14% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Gort na hUaighe | 132 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N na mBuachailli | 135 | −15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Slieveardagh N.S. | 24 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Convent of Mercy | 266 | −10% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Colmcilles Primary School | 109 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Silvermines N.S. | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 163 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Castle Iny N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 24 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Gurtagarry N.S. | 67 | +29% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Odhran Naofa | 62 | +9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Grangemockler N.S. | 47 | −19% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Chiarda Naofa | 45 | −27% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Killea N.S. | 19 | −41% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Baile na hInse | 95 | −23% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 96 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Poulacapple N.S. | 46 | −16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Birdhill N.S. | 104 | −26% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballyneale N.S. | 77 | −21% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Lios an Halla | 136 | +5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 113 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Buirgheas | 86 | +26% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Bishop Harty NS | 91 | +21% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí | 248 | −4% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Marys Convent | 351 | −6% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 53 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Nenagh Community National School | 200 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Aonach | 179 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| Upper Newtown N.S. | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire | 114 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 122 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Clochar na Toirbhirte | 281 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Baile an Atha | 404 | −5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 115 | −16% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Eochaille Ara N.S. | 118 | +5% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 117 | +9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 229 | +1% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Portroe N.S. | 138 | +1% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Cloughjordan No 1 N.S. | 71 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Ard Croine | 134 | −21% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Cloughjordan N.S. | 122 | −4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kiladangan N.S. | 123 | −2% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 299 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 201 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Roscrea N.S. No 2 | 31 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 53 km | |
| St Johns | 163 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 139 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Cill Barfhionn | 47 | −31% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 86 | +187% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Carrig N.S. | 60 | −9% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Colmain Naofa | 39 | −11% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. an Cillin | 140 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Lua Naofa | 27 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
Living in Golden
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E25 Eircode area
Housing in Golden →The median sale price rose from €230,000 in 2023 to €295,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E25 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Golden →New tenancies in Co. Tipperary averaged €1,078 a month in 2025, against €975 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Golden, E25 F840
Primary schools near Thomastown 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 Thomastown N.S.
Is Thomastown 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 Thomastown N.S. have?
112 pupils in 2025/26. That is +37% since 2019/20.
Does Thomastown N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Thomastown N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Thomastown N.S.?
Thomastown N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.
How do pupils get a place at Thomastown 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 Thomastown N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. an Ghabhailin (3 km), S.N. Bhride (5.6 km) and Knockavilla N.S. (5.8 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 Golden; 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).