Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
Hospital Hill, Bunclody, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Y21 R820 · Roll number 03633H
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Bunclody. Every school in and around Bunclody →
What stands out about Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
- One of the larger primary schools: 287 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Bunclody.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes had 287 pupils in 2025/26, against 278 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 6 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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes 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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bunclody together changed by +16%.
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.
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 1 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| S.N. Cill Damhain | 87 | −16% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S N Cluain na nGall | 146 | +13% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 8 km |
The other 96 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 52 km |
Living in Bunclody
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Homes in the Y21 Eircode area
Housing in Bunclody →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 Bunclody
Cost of living in Bunclody →New tenancies in Bunclody averaged €1,005 a month in 2025, against €907 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Bunclody, Y21 R820
Primary schools near Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes
Is Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes 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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes have?
287 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes?
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes?
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 Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes?
The nearest are Carrigduff Nat School (1 km), Kilmyshall N.S. (2.7 km) and S.N. Cill Damhain (4.3 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 Bunclody; 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).