S N Bearna na hAille
The Oil, Oylegate, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford · Y21 FN23 · Roll number 16828U
S N Bearna na hAille is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Oilgate. Every school in and around Oilgate →
What stands out about S N Bearna na hAille
- 133 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 133 pupils, 21% fewer than the 168 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S N Bearna na hAille had 133 pupils in 2025/26, down from 146 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 168, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S N Bearna na hAille
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 S N Bearna na hAille 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 S N Bearna na hAille
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 S N Bearna na hAille
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S N Bearna na hAille 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S N Bearna na hAille has shrunk by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Oilgate together changed by −20%.
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, 3 have more pupils than S N Bearna na hAille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −21%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.4 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.8 km | |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | 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 | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
Living in Oilgate
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y21 Eircode area
Housing in Oilgate →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 Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Oilgate →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 ↗Oilgate, Y21 FN23
Primary schools near S N Bearna na hAille
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S N Bearna na hAille
Is S N Bearna na hAille 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 S N Bearna na hAille have?
133 pupils in 2025/26. That is −21% since 2019/20.
Does S N Bearna na hAille teach through Irish?
No: S N Bearna na hAille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S N Bearna na hAille?
S N Bearna na hAille has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at S N Bearna na hAille?
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 S N Bearna na hAille?
The nearest are S.N. Mhuire (3.6 km), S.N. Baile Muirne (3.8 km) and S.N. Phadraig (4.2 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 Oilgate; 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).