Scoil Naomh Gobnait
CUl NA SMEAR, DUNGARBHAN, CO WATERFORD · X35 KF88 · Roll number 18488J
Scoil Naomh Gobnait is one of 7 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dungarvan. Every school in and around Dungarvan →
What stands out about Scoil Naomh Gobnait
- 107 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: 107 pupils, 25% fewer than the 143 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Dungarvan’s outline, 4 km away; listed with Dungarvan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Naomh Gobnait had 107 pupils in 2025/26, down from 142 in 2015/16 (−25%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 149, 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 Scoil Naomh Gobnait
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 Naomh Gobnait 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 Naomh Gobnait
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 Naomh Gobnait
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Naomh Gobnait 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: Scoil Naomh Gobnait has shrunk by 25% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dungarvan 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, 4 have more pupils than Scoil Naomh Gobnait. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −25%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 39 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 44 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Dungarvan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X35 Eircode area
Housing in Dungarvan →The median sale price rose from €295,000 in 2023 to €306,200 in 2025 (+4%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dungarvan
Cost of living in Dungarvan →New tenancies in Dungarvan averaged €1,219 a month in 2025, against €1,106 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Dungarvan, X35 KF88
Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Gobnait
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Naomh Gobnait
Is Scoil Naomh Gobnait 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 Naomh Gobnait have?
107 pupils in 2025/26. That is −25% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Naomh Gobnait teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Naomh Gobnait teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Naomh Gobnait?
Scoil Naomh Gobnait has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Gobnait?
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 Naomh Gobnait?
The nearest are S.N. an Carraig Liath (5.2 km), Scoil Gearbhain (5.6 km) and S.N. Cill Bhriain (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 Dungarvan; 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).