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Glor na Mara NS

PrimaryCatholic

Convent Hill, Tramore, Co. Waterford · X91 Y924 · Roll number 20116H

Glor na Mara NS is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Tramore. Every school in and around Tramore →

Pupils
381
September, 2025/26
186 girls, 195 boys
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 418 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Glor na Mara NS

  • One of the larger primary schools: 381 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Glor na Mara NS had 381 pupils in 2025/26, down from 428 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 435, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Glor na Mara NS

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 Glor na Mara NS 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Glor na Mara NS

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 in

Getting a place at Glor na Mara NS

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Glor na Mara NS 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.

Pupils
381
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 418 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Glor na Mara NS has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tramore together changed by −2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Glor na Mara NS−9%
The primary schools around Tramore−6%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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 Glor na Mara NS. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Glor na Mara NS381
Tramore Educate Together180
Gaelscoil Philib Barún194
Holy Cross School567
Fionnabhair172
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh242
S.N. Dun Aill87
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Glor na Mara NS381−9%CatholicEnglish
Tramore Educate Together National School180+51%Multi-denominationalEnglish0.3 km
Gaelscoil Philib Barún194−11%CatholicAll in Irish0.6 km
Holy Cross School567−12%CatholicEnglish1.1 km
Fionnabhair N.S.172+3%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh242−3%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
S.N. Dun Aill87−26%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Waterford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Saviours N.S.330+5%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire641−5%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Lorcain BNS345−1%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Gaelscoil Phort Lairge207+1%CatholicAll in Irish9.4 km
St Pauls B N.S.269+19%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
S.N. Ursula Naofa620−12%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Presentation Primary School446+7%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia237−11%CatholicEnglish10 km
Christ Church N.S.114−13%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Newtown Junior School112−7%QuakerEnglish10 km
Mount Sion CBS N.S.360+10%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Deaglan396−7%CatholicEnglish10 km
Waterford Educate Together NS386+16%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Gaelscoil na nDeise225−5%CatholicAll in Irish11 km
Waterpark N.S.235+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School234−18%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s.292−5%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Réalt na Mara National School196–CatholicSome subjects in Irish11 km
St Stephens N.S.363−11%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Ballyduff N.S.214−7%CatholicEnglish11 km
Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS187−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Muire an Port Mor212+0%CatholicEnglish12 km
S N na Cille105−29%CatholicEnglish12 km
Passage East N.S.101+33%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Cnoc Machan6−71%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Faiche Liag196−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield75−9%CatholicEnglish16 km
S N an Baile Nua99−12%CatholicEnglish17 km
Portlaw N.S.214−22%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin133−2%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S N na bhFiodh58−22%CatholicEnglish22 km
Our Lady of Mercy N.S.110+15%CatholicEnglish22 km
Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S.24−29%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Clonea N.S.66+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Carrickbeg N.S.106−6%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cill Rosanta102−20%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Rathgormack B N.S.118−24%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. an Garrain Bhain225+22%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Gearbhain310+4%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
S N Dun na Mainistreach455−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
S N na Rinne131−14%CatholicAll in Irish32 km
S N na Leanai42−42%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh151+14%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
St Marys N.S.237−15%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Gobnait107−25%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Cill Bhriain15−56%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Carraig Liath98+7%CatholicEnglish37 km
Glenbeg N.S.143−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Airt58−3%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
St. Marys NS Touraneena55−21%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Muire Magh Deilge51+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ballymacarberry N.S.155−23%CatholicEnglish42 km
Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach104+17%CatholicEnglish43 km
St Marys N.S. Grange60−14%CatholicEnglish45 km
Ballycurrane N.S.44−2%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Naomh Deaglan94−20%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain189−10%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Aglish N.S.82−15%CatholicEnglish47 km
Villierstown N.S.17−48%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. an Chlais Mhor76−16%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Naomh Parthalan53−28%CatholicEnglish50 km
Knockanore N.S.105+15%CatholicEnglish52 km
Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh284−8%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda23+0%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
Scoil Mhuire150+2%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Ballyduff B 2 N.S.108−13%CatholicEnglish61 km
Living nearby

Living in Tramore

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€355,000
582 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,267
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the X91 Eircode area

Housing in Tramore →

The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€265,000
2024€296,100
2025€320,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€361,200
Second-hand homes€241,000

Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Tramore averaged €1,267 a month in 2025, against €1,130 in 2024 (+12%).

2024€1,130
2025€1,267

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Tramore, X91 Y924

Nearby

Primary schools near Glor na Mara NS

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Glor na Mara NS

Is Glor na Mara NS 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 Glor na Mara NS have?

381 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.

Does Glor na Mara NS teach through Irish?

No: Glor na Mara NS teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Glor na Mara NS?

Glor na Mara NS has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

How do pupils get a place at Glor na Mara NS?

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 Glor na Mara NS?

The nearest are Tramore Educate Together National School (0.3 km), Gaelscoil Philib Barún (0.6 km) and Holy Cross School (1.1 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 Tramore; 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).