St Leonards N.S.
St. Leonards, Ballycullane, New Ross, Co. Wexford · Y34 KP84 · Roll number 14909K
St Leonards N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballycullane. Every school in and around Ballycullane →
What stands out about St Leonards N.S.
- 112 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballycullane’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Ballycullane, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Leonards N.S. had 112 pupils in 2025/26, down from 123 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 125, in 2018/19. 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 St Leonards 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 St Leonards 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 St Leonards 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 St Leonards N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Leonards 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: St Leonards N.S. has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballycullane together changed by −5%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St Leonards N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 57 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
Living in Ballycullane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y34 Eircode area
Housing in Ballycullane →The median sale price rose from €182,900 in 2023 to €225,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y34 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Ballycullane →New tenancies in Co. Wexford averaged €1,179 a month in 2025, against €1,101 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballycullane, Y34 KP84
Primary schools near St Leonards 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 St Leonards N.S.
Is St Leonards 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 St Leonards N.S. have?
112 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does St Leonards N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Leonards N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Leonards N.S.?
St Leonards N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at St Leonards 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 St Leonards N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Baile Ui Coileain (3.3 km), Clongeen Mxd N.S. (4.7 km) and Shielbeggan Convent (4.8 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 Ballycullane; 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).