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BREE, ENNISCORTY, CO WEXFORD · Y21 TW82 · Roll number 17800D
S.N. Seosamh Nfa is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Bree. Every school in and around Bree →
What stands out about S.N. Seosamh Nfa
- 227 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Seosamh Nfa had 227 pupils in 2025/26, against 220 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 229, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Seosamh Nfa
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 S.N. Seosamh Nfa 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 S.N. Seosamh Nfa
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 S.N. Seosamh Nfa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Seosamh Nfa 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: S.N. Seosamh Nfa is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). 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.
S.N. Seosamh Nfa has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.2 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
Living in Bree
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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
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Bree, Y21 TW82
Primary schools near S.N. Seosamh Nfa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Seosamh Nfa
Is S.N. Seosamh Nfa 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 S.N. Seosamh Nfa have?
227 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Seosamh Nfa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Seosamh Nfa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Seosamh Nfa?
S.N. Seosamh Nfa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Seosamh Nfa?
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 S.N. Seosamh Nfa?
The nearest are S.N. Mhuire (3.2 km), Scoil Eoin Baiste (4.5 km) and Davidstown Primary School (5.4 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).