Bunscoil Ris
Castlemoyle, New Ross · Y34 XN32 · Roll number 20482J
Bunscoil Ris is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of New Ross. Every school in and around New Ross →
What stands out about Bunscoil Ris
- One of the larger primary schools: 351 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−14%).
- 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 5 primary schools around New Ross.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2016/17 to 2025/26Bunscoil Ris had 351 pupils in 2025/26, against 321 in 2016/17 (+9%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 409, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 9 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Bunscoil Ris
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 Bunscoil Ris 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 Bunscoil Ris
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 Bunscoil Ris
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Bunscoil Ris 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: Bunscoil Ris has shrunk by 14% since 2019/20. All the schools around New Ross together changed by −2%.
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.
Bunscoil Ris has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −14%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
Living in New Ross
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y34 Eircode area
Housing in New Ross →The median sale price rose from €182,900 in 2023 to €225,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y34 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in New Ross
Cost of living in New Ross →New tenancies in New Ross averaged €1,111 a month in 2025, against €1,038 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗New Ross, Y34 XN32
Primary schools near Bunscoil Ris
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Bunscoil Ris
Is Bunscoil Ris 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 Bunscoil Ris have?
351 pupils in 2025/26. That is −14% since 2019/20.
Does Bunscoil Ris teach through Irish?
No: Bunscoil Ris teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Bunscoil Ris?
Bunscoil Ris has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Bunscoil Ris?
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 Bunscoil Ris?
The nearest are Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh (0.1 km), New Ross Educate Together National School (0.5 km) and St Canice S Convent (1.6 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 New Ross; 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).