Photo: Rogue29567 · CC BY-SA 4.0Pupil numbers around Tagoat have fallen behind Co. Wexford’s towns and Irish towns: −13% since 2019/20
Set beside other towns, Tagoat comes out below both Co. Wexford’s towns (+5%) and Irish towns (+4%). DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, reaches 2 of its 3 schools; across Ireland, 30%. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Tagoat’s schools
Extra support for many schools
Many schools here are in DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and help; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: Kilrane N.S. (292) and S.N. Mhuire (64). Who runs them ↓
Fewer pupils than before
Pupil numbers at the schools here have fallen since 2019/20, against +5% across Ireland. Pupils over time ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 3 schools in and around Tagoat are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Tagoat’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who runs Tagoat’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
3 of Tagoat’s 3 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. Their patron: Bishop of Ferns (3). 2 of the 3 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Pupil numbers around Tagoat
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Tagoat had 524 pupils in 2015/16 and 468 in 2025/26, fewer than before.
Pupils at schools in and around Tagoat
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Teaching through Irish in and around Tagoat
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
None of the 3 schools in and around Tagoat teaches every subject through Irish.
Who Tagoat’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Wexford’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
| Share of pupils | Around Tagoat | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 76% | 37% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 0% | 2% | 6% |
| Girls | 53% | 49% | 49% |
76% of the pupils around Tagoat are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (37% in Co. Wexford). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of pupils at all-Irish schools: 0% here against 6%. The biggest school in DEIS is Kilrane N.S. (292 pupils).
Each of the 3 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. MhuirePrimary | 64 | 56% | ✓ | |
| Kilrane N.S.Primary | 292 | 53% | ✓ | |
| Scoil MhuirePrimary | 112 | 51% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
One patron for Tagoat’s schools
The patron owns the school and sets its ethos; a board of management runs it day to day.
Bishop of Ferns is patron of every school around Tagoat.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of FernsKilrane, Scoil Mhuire, S.N. Mhuire | Catholic | 3 | 468 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Tagoat
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
0 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 3 have shrunk by as much, out of 3; across Ireland: +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 3 schools in and around Tagoat
Every school in Tagoat or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
Inspection reports for Tagoat’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted on gov.ie with the school’s response.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 3 schools below each link their own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| S.N. MhuirePrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Kilrane N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil MhuirePrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Tagoat
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
No post-primary school is within 10 km of Tagoat; the nearest is Loreto Secondary School, 11 km away.
Special schools and classes around Tagoat
No special school is in or near Tagoat. 1 of the 3 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Tagoat beside the 166 other Irish towns of 400 to 700 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanagarry | 700 | 2 | 201 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| … | ||||||
| Kildimo | 512 | 1 | 138 | 0 | 0% | 4.2 km |
| Foynes | 512 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 0% | 6.9 km |
| Castletownroche | 509 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 0% | 9.9 km |
| Drumcollogher | 509 | 4 | 747 | 0 | 25% | 0.6 km |
| Tagoat | 507 | 3 | 468 | 0 | 67% | 11 km |
| Barntown | 505 | 4 | 2,030 | 0 | 25% | 3.4 km |
| Glenville | 501 | 1 | 134 | 0 | 0% | 7.7 km |
| Stradbally | 500 | 2 | 134 | 0 | 0% | 8.7 km |
| Nurney | 497 | 1 | 183 | 0 | 0% | 8.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Oilgate | 401 | 2 | 152 | 0 | 100% | 6.2 km |
Of these 166 other towns, 39 count more pupils at their schools than Tagoat. Teaching through Irish is on offer within 3 km in 12 of the 167.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Schools in the towns around Tagoat
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagoat | 3 | 468 | 0 | 67% | 11 km |
| Rosslare 2.9 km | 3 | 512 | 0 | 100% | 8.7 km |
| Rosslare Harbour 3 km | 3 | 468 | 0 | 67% | 13 km |
| Wexford 12 km | 16 | 6,749 | 1 | 25% | 0.5 km |
| Castlebridge 16 km | 3 | 459 | 0 | 0% | 5.1 km |
Wexford has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 1. Of Tagoat’s neighbours, Castlebridge saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+10%) and Rosslare the least (−17%); Tagoat itself: −13%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Tagoat or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Tagoat
How many schools are there in Tagoat?
In Tagoat or within 3 km of it: 3 primary schools, with 468 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Tagoat that teach through Irish?
None in Tagoat or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Is there a secondary school in Tagoat?
Not in Tagoat or within 3 km of it; the nearest is Loreto Secondary School, 11 km away.
What is the best school in Tagoat?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Tagoat?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).