S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh
Butlerstown, Co. Waterford · X91 KF85 · Roll number 14679T
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh is one of 21 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballybeg. Every school in and around Ballybeg →
What stands out about S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh
- One of the larger primary schools: 242 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballybeg’s outline, 1.6 km away; listed with Ballybeg, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh had 242 pupils in 2025/26, down from 253 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 5 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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh
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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh 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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh
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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh 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: S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Ballybeg 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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 6.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.5 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 60 km |
Living in Ballybeg
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballybeg →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballybeg
Cost of living in Ballybeg →New tenancies in Ballybeg averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,185 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballybeg, X91 KF85
Primary schools near S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh
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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh
Is S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh 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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh have?
242 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh teach through Irish?
No: S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh?
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh?
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 Baile an Bhuitléirigh?
The nearest are St Saviours N.S. (3 km), St Pauls B N.S. (4.4 km) and Gaelscoil na nDeise (4.7 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 Ballybeg; 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).