Rathangan N.S.
Rathangan, Duncormick, Co. Wexford · Y35 KT65 · Roll number 19317K
Rathangan N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Duncormick. Every school in and around Duncormick →
What stands out about Rathangan N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 235 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Duncormick or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Duncormick’s outline, 1.9 km away; listed with Duncormick, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rathangan N.S. had 235 pupils in 2025/26, down from 269 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 272, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rathangan 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 Rathangan 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 Rathangan 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 Rathangan N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rathangan 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.
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: Rathangan N.S. has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Duncormick together changed by −9%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Rathangan N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
Living in Duncormick
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y35 Eircode area
Housing in Duncormick →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 Duncormick →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 Duncormick, Y35 KT65
Primary schools near Rathangan 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 Rathangan N.S.
Is Rathangan 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 Rathangan N.S. have?
235 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.
Does Rathangan N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Rathangan N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rathangan N.S.?
Rathangan N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Rathangan 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 Rathangan N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Nais Realta na Mara (5.5 km), Fionntain Nfa N.S. (6.9 km) and S.N. Mhuire (7.9 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 Duncormick; 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).