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Tombrack N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Tombrack, Ferns, Co. Wexford · Y21 HV12 · Roll number 15940J

Tombrack N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ferns. Every school in and around Ferns →

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Pupils
54
September, 2025/26
21 girls, 33 boys
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 50 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ferns
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Tombrack N.S.

  • A small primary school: 54 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 21 girls and 33 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ferns’s outline, 3.1 km away; listed with Ferns, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Tombrack N.S. had 54 pupils in 2025/26, against 50 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 39% of them. Its largest roll was 59, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Tombrack 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 Tombrack 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Tombrack 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 in

Getting a place at Tombrack N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Tombrack 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.

Pupils
54
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 50 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tombrack N.S. has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ferns together changed by +5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Tombrack+8%
The primary schools around Ferns+5%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 4 have more pupils than Tombrack N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

Tombrack54
Naomh Maodhog285
St Edans39
S.N. Caislean Dochraill37
St Patricks75
Marshalstown191
Ballyduff79
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Tombrack N.S.54+8%CatholicEnglish
Naomh Maodhog N.S.285+3%CatholicEnglish✓3.7 km
St Edans N.S.39+22%Church of IrelandEnglish4.2 km
S.N. Caislean Dochraill37–CatholicEnglish4.4 km
St Patricks N.S.75−23%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
Marshalstown N.S.191−3%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Ballyduff N.S.79+5%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Kilmyshall N.S.155+8%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Camolin N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes287+7%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Ballindaggin N.S.117−31%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
S N Moin na gCaor125−19%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Carrigduff Nat School85−1%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Boolavogue N.S.97−21%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Senans National Sch437−5%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Aidans Parish School869+1%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh184−2%CatholicAll in Irish11 km
St Marys N.S.84+45%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
S.N. Treasa Nfa106−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ballyoughter N.S.50+16%CatholicEnglish13 km
Sacred Heart National School, Caim88−32%CatholicEnglish13 km
Kiltealy N.S.100+8%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Padraig152+2%CatholicEnglish14 km
Davidstown Primary School92+59%CatholicEnglish15 km
Court N.S.107−19%CatholicEnglish15 km
Oulart N.S.120−31%CatholicEnglish15 km
Glanbrian N.S.93+9%CatholicEnglish15 km
Kilnamanagh Community National School32–Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Ballaghkeene N.S.150+17%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Monaseed N.S.55−35%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Pádraig Nfa112−14%CatholicEnglish16 km
Ballycanew N.S.224+6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gorey Educate Together NS369−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog152−31%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish18 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph522+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Baile Muirne114−3%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Rath an Iubhair187−4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Seosamh Nfa227+1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gorey Central School237+9%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Bunscoil Loreto665−5%CatholicEnglish19 km
S N Bearna na hAille133−21%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Josephs N.S.193−4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Clonroche N.S.107+14%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Mhuire19−17%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Riverchapel N.S.304−16%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Marys N.S.201−5%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Nmh Brighde218+6%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Baile Thomais57−29%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Coill an Iarainn218+25%CatholicEnglish23 km
S N na Scrine117−10%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste32−18%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Joseph's N.S.79−2%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Phadraig199+9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Castlebridge N.S.223−4%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. an Ghleanna138−32%CatholicEnglish25 km
Curracloe N.S.73−22%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Abbain129+16%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill211−3%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Ghormáin Naofa158+25%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Cul Greine115+1%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Raithin154+5%CatholicEnglish29 km
Rathgarogue N.S.159−18%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Garvans N.S.88−19%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Mhuire336+19%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire368−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts573−4%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St Iberius N.S.93+11%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
CBS Primary Wexford380+60%CatholicEnglish30 km
Wexford Educate Together National School191+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish31 km
Convent of Mercy406−7%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Faythe Convent226−22%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Gaelscoil Loch Garman208−11%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
S.N. Fionntain183−1%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Baile Cuisin155−27%CatholicEnglish32 km
Newbawn N.S.176+34%CatholicEnglish33 km
Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh312−5%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Bunscoil Ris351−14%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
New Ross Educate Together National School135+118%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne230−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh238+18%CatholicEnglish35 km
St Canice S Convent186−17%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire156−24%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Clongeen Mxd N.S.95+0%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Nmh Seosaimh137−1%CatholicEnglish37 km
Gusserane N.S.75−20%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Shean Bhoth34+10%CatholicEnglish39 km
Fionntain Nfa N.S.114−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Baile Ui Coileain55+0%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Mhuire64−21%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Rathangan N.S.235−9%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Leonards N.S.112−7%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Mhuire144−14%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Kilrane N.S.292−11%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Mhuire238−17%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Nais Realta na Mara304−17%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire112−12%CatholicEnglish44 km
Shielbeggan Convent30−29%CatholicEnglish44 km
Ramsgrange Central N.S.30−52%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Catriona Nfa61+7%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Mhaodhoig237+34%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe74+6%CatholicEnglish49 km
Living nearby

Living in Ferns

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€270,000
70 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,109
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the Y21 Eircode area

Housing in Ferns →

The median sale price rose from €239,000 in 2023 to €290,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€239,000
2024€275,000
2025€290,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€293,700
Second-hand homes€245,700

Property Price Register sales in the Y21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ferns

Cost of living in Ferns →

New tenancies in Ferns averaged €1,109 a month in 2025, against €966 in 2024 (+15%).

2024€966
2025€1,109

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Ferns, Y21 HV12

Nearby

Primary schools near Tombrack N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Naomh Maodhog N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
285 pupils+3% since 2019/203.7 km
St Edans N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
39 pupils+22% since 2019/204.2 km
S.N. Caislean Dochraill
Primary · Catholic
37 pupils4.4 km
St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
75 pupils−23% since 2019/205.6 km
Marshalstown N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
191 pupils−3% since 2019/206.8 km
Ballyduff N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
79 pupils+5% since 2019/206.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 15940J

Questions about Tombrack N.S.

Is Tombrack 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 Tombrack N.S. have?

54 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.

Does Tombrack N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Tombrack N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Tombrack N.S.?

Tombrack N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.

How do pupils get a place at Tombrack 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 Tombrack N.S.?

The nearest are Naomh Maodhog N.S. (3.7 km), St Edans N.S. (4.2 km) and S.N. Caislean Dochraill (4.4 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 Ferns; 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).