Castlebridge N.S.
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford · Y35 Y208 · Roll number 18707S
Castlebridge N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlebridge. Every school in and around Castlebridge →
What stands out about Castlebridge N.S.
- 223 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
- 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 2025/26Castlebridge N.S. had 223 pupils in 2025/26, down from 233 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 55% of them. 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 Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Castlebridge 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: Castlebridge N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Castlebridge together changed by +10%.
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 Castlebridge N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.7 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.8 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
Living in Castlebridge
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y35 Eircode area
Housing in Castlebridge →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Castlebridge →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 ↗Castlebridge, Y35 Y208
Primary schools near Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge N.S.
Is Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge N.S. have?
223 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.
Does Castlebridge N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Castlebridge N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Castlebridge N.S.?
Castlebridge N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Castlebridge 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 Castlebridge N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Phadraig (3.9 km), S N na Scrine (3.9 km) and Curracloe N.S. (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 Castlebridge; 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).