Scoil Eoin Baiste
Galbally, Ballyhogue, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Y21 HN47 · Roll number 17734Q
Scoil Eoin Baiste is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Bree. Every school in and around Bree →
What stands out about Scoil Eoin Baiste
- A small primary school: 32 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 32 pupils, 18% fewer than the 39 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Bree’s outline, 3.7 km away; listed with Bree, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Eoin Baiste had 32 pupils in 2025/26, down from 44 in 2015/16 (−27%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 48, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 5 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 Eoin Baiste
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 Eoin Baiste 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 Eoin Baiste
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 Eoin Baiste
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Eoin Baiste 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Eoin Baiste has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bree together changed by −1%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Eoin Baiste. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
Living in Bree
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y21 Eircode area
Housing in Bree →The median sale price rose from €239,000 in 2023 to €290,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Bree →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 Bree, Y21 HN47
Primary schools near Scoil Eoin Baiste
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Eoin Baiste
Is Scoil Eoin Baiste 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 Eoin Baiste have?
32 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Eoin Baiste teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Eoin Baiste teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Eoin Baiste?
Scoil Eoin Baiste has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Eoin Baiste?
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 Eoin Baiste?
The nearest are S.N. Seosamh Nfa (4.5 km), S.N. Mhuire (4.7 km) and S.N. an Ghleanna (4.9 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 Bree; 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).