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Glanbrian N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Ballinastraw, Glenbrien, Co. Wexford · Y21 FV38 · Roll number 13299E

Glanbrian N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballymurn. Every school in and around Ballymurn →

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Pupils
93
September, 2025/26
45 girls, 48 boys
Since 2019/20
+9%
from 85 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ferns
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Glanbrian N.S.

  • 93 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballymurn’s outline, 2.6 km away; listed with Ballymurn, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Glanbrian N.S. had 93 pupils in 2025/26, against 74 in 2015/16 (+26%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 96, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Glanbrian 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 Glanbrian 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Glanbrian 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 in

Getting a place at Glanbrian N.S.

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

Families apply to Glanbrian 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.

Pupils
93
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+9%
from 85 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Glanbrian N.S. has grown by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballymurn together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Glanbrian+9%
The primary schools around Ballymurn+2%
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, 5 have more pupils than Glanbrian N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +9%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Glanbrian93
S.N. Baile Muirne114
S N Bearna na hAille133
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh184
Ballaghkeene150
St Senans National Sch437
St Marys84
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Glanbrian N.S.93+9%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Baile Muirne114−3%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
S N Bearna na hAille133−21%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh184−2%CatholicAll in Irish5 km
Ballaghkeene N.S.150+17%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
St Senans National Sch437−5%CatholicEnglish✓5.8 km
St Marys N.S.84+45%Church of IrelandEnglish6.1 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Aidans Parish School869+1%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
S N Moin na gCaor125−19%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
S.N. Mhuire19−17%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Seosamh Nfa227+1%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
S.N. Phadraig199+9%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Oulart N.S.120−31%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
S N na Scrine117−10%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Castlebridge N.S.223−4%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Davidstown Primary School92+59%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
S.N. Nmh Brighde218+6%CatholicEnglish11 km
Curracloe N.S.73−22%CatholicEnglish11 km
Kilnamanagh Community National School32–Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Boolavogue N.S.97−21%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. an Ghleanna138−32%CatholicEnglish12 km
Marshalstown N.S.191−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste32−18%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Pádraig Nfa112−14%CatholicEnglish13 km
Sacred Heart National School, Caim88−32%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Edans N.S.39+22%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Naomh Maodhog N.S.285+3%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire368−5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts573−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Iberius N.S.93+11%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
S.N. Mhuire336+19%CatholicEnglish14 km
Court N.S.107−19%CatholicEnglish15 km
CBS Primary Wexford380+60%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Josephs N.S.193−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Wexford Educate Together National School191+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Faythe Convent226−22%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Convent of Mercy406−7%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Caislean Dochraill37–CatholicEnglish15 km
Clonroche N.S.107+14%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Gaelscoil Loch Garman208−11%CatholicAll in Irish15 km
Tombrack N.S.54+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballindaggin N.S.117−31%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Abbain129+16%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Camolin N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Garvans N.S.88−19%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Rath an Iubhair187−4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Fionntain183−1%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Ballyoughter N.S.50+16%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ballyduff N.S.79+5%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Joseph's N.S.79−2%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh238+18%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne230−3%CatholicEnglish20 km
Kiltealy N.S.100+8%CatholicEnglish20 km
Ballycanew N.S.224+6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Kilmyshall N.S.155+8%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Patricks N.S.75−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire156−24%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Raithin154+5%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Marys N.S.201−5%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes287+7%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Carrigduff Nat School85−1%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
Newbawn N.S.176+34%CatholicEnglish24 km
Fionntain Nfa N.S.114−2%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Padraig152+2%CatholicEnglish25 km
Rathgarogue N.S.159−18%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Nmh Seosaimh137−1%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Mhuire64−21%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Treasa Nfa106−6%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Baile Cuisin155−27%CatholicEnglish26 km
Clongeen Mxd N.S.95+0%CatholicEnglish26 km
Riverchapel N.S.304−16%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog152−31%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish26 km
Gorey Educate Together NS369−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Kilrane N.S.292−11%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph522+4%CatholicEnglish27 km
Rathangan N.S.235−9%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gorey Central School237+9%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Bunscoil Loreto665−5%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Mhuire112−12%CatholicEnglish28 km
Monaseed N.S.55−35%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Nais Realta na Mara304−17%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Mhuire144−14%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh312−5%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Gusserane N.S.75−20%CatholicEnglish30 km
Bunscoil Ris351−14%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
New Ross Educate Together National School135+118%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓30 km
St Leonards N.S.112−7%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Baile Ui Coileain55+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Canice S Convent186−17%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Coill an Iarainn218+25%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill211−3%CatholicEnglish33 km
Shielbeggan Convent30−29%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Baile Thomais57−29%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Shean Bhoth34+10%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Mhuire238−17%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Ghormáin Naofa158+25%CatholicEnglish36 km
Ramsgrange Central N.S.30−52%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Cul Greine115+1%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Mhaodhoig237+34%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Catriona Nfa61+7%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe74+6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballymurn

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

Median sale price
€266,600
routing key Y21, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,179
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Wexford

Homes in the Y21 Eircode area

Housing in Ballymurn →

The median sale price rose from €239,000 in 2023 to €290,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€239,000
2024€275,000
2025€290,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€293,700
Second-hand homes€245,700

Property Price Register sales in the Y21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Wexford

Cost of living in Ballymurn →

New tenancies in Co. Wexford averaged €1,179 a month in 2025, against €1,101 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€1,101
2025€1,179

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Ballymurn, Y21 FV38

Nearby

Primary schools near Glanbrian N.S.

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

S.N. Baile Muirne
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
114 pupils−3% since 2019/203.2 km
S N Bearna na hAille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
133 pupils−21% since 2019/204.8 km
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
184 pupils−2% since 2019/205 km
Ballaghkeene N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
150 pupils+17% since 2019/205.2 km
St Senans National Sch
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
437 pupils−5% since 2019/205.8 km
St Marys N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
84 pupils+45% since 2019/206.1 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 13299E

Questions about Glanbrian N.S.

Is Glanbrian 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 Glanbrian N.S. have?

93 pupils in 2025/26. That is +9% since 2019/20.

Does Glanbrian N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Glanbrian N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Glanbrian N.S.?

Glanbrian N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.

How do pupils get a place at Glanbrian 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 Glanbrian N.S.?

The nearest are S.N. Baile Muirne (3.2 km), S N Bearna na hAille (4.8 km) and Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh (5 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 Ballymurn; 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).