Padraig Naofa N.S.
AVOCA, CO WICKLOW · Y14 X588 · Roll number 18198A
Padraig Naofa N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Avoca. Every school in and around Avoca →
What stands out about Padraig Naofa N.S.
- 172 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Avoca or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Padraig Naofa N.S. had 172 pupils in 2025/26, down from 207 in 2015/16 (−17%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Padraig Naofa 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: Padraig Naofa N.S. has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Avoca together changed by −7%.
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 Padraig Naofa N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 7 km |
The other 75 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.9 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km |
Living in Avoca
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y14 Eircode area
Housing in Avoca →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wicklow
Cost of living in Avoca →New tenancies in Co. Wicklow averaged €1,730 a month in 2025, against €1,635 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Avoca, Y14 X588
Primary schools near Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa N.S.
Is Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa N.S. have?
172 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Padraig Naofa N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Padraig Naofa N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Padraig Naofa N.S.?
Padraig Naofa N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Padraig Naofa 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 Padraig Naofa N.S.?
The nearest are St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. (4.7 km), Scoil San Eoin (5.6 km) and St Josephs N.S. (6.1 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 Avoca; 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).