S.N. Naomh Deaglan
College Road, Ardmore, Co. Waterford · P36 P527 · Roll number 18048E
S.N. Naomh Deaglan is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ardmore. Every school in and around Ardmore →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Deaglan
- 94 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 94 pupils, 20% fewer than the 118 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Deaglan had 94 pupils in 2025/26, down from 101 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 119, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Naomh Deaglan
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 S.N. Naomh Deaglan 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 S.N. Naomh Deaglan
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 S.N. Naomh Deaglan
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Deaglan 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Deaglan has shrunk by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ardmore together changed by −18%.
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Deaglan. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −20%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chorain, | 261 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| Bun Scoil Muire | 487 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| South Abbey N.S. | 190 | +46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
The other 69 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 55 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 61 km |
Living in Ardmore
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the P36 Eircode area
Housing in Ardmore →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €281,000 in 2025 (+12%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P36 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Waterford
Cost of living in Ardmore →New tenancies in Co. Waterford averaged €1,247 a month in 2025, against €1,133 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ardmore, P36 P527
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Deaglan
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Naomh Deaglan
Is S.N. Naomh Deaglan 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 S.N. Naomh Deaglan have?
94 pupils in 2025/26. That is −20% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Deaglan teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Deaglan teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Deaglan?
S.N. Naomh Deaglan has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Deaglan?
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 S.N. Naomh Deaglan?
The nearest are St Marys N.S. Grange (3.5 km), S.N. Naomh Parthalan (5.6 km) and Ballycurrane 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 Ardmore; 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).