Ballymacarberry N.S.
Ballymacarbry, Via Clonmel, Co. Waterford · E91 E426 · Roll number 19345P
Ballymacarberry N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballymacarbry. Every school in and around Ballymacarbry →
What stands out about Ballymacarberry N.S.
- 155 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: 155 pupils, 23% fewer than the 201 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Ballymacarbry or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Ballymacarbry’s outline, 1.5 km away; listed with Ballymacarbry, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ballymacarberry N.S. had 155 pupils in 2025/26, down from 207 in 2015/16 (−25%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ballymacarberry 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ballymacarberry N.S. has shrunk by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballymacarbry together changed by −23%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Ballymacarberry N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −23%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.2 km | |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km |
The other 72 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 44 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 53 km |
Living in Ballymacarbry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballymacarbry →The median sale price rose from €222,000 in 2023 to €285,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Waterford
Cost of living in Ballymacarbry →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 ↗near Ballymacarbry, E91 E426
Primary schools near Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry N.S.
Is Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry N.S. have?
155 pupils in 2025/26. That is −23% since 2019/20.
Does Ballymacarberry N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Ballymacarberry N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballymacarberry N.S.?
Ballymacarberry N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at Ballymacarberry 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 Ballymacarberry N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (4.7 km), Presentation Primary School (7.5 km) and Gaelscoil Chluain Meala (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 Ballymacarbry; 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).