S.N. Naomh Brid
Talbotstown, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow · W91 H762 · Roll number 18502A
S.N. Naomh Brid is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Baltinglass. Every school in and around Baltinglass →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Brid
- 77 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Baltinglass’s outline, 3 km away; listed with Baltinglass, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Brid had 77 pupils in 2025/26, down from 98 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 53% of them. 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. Naomh Brid
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. Naomh Brid 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. Naomh Brid
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. Naomh Brid
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Brid 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Brid has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Baltinglass together changed by −1%.
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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Brid. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 2.9 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naomha | 52 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 207 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.2 km |
The other 77 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
Living in Baltinglass
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Baltinglass →The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Baltinglass
Cost of living in Baltinglass →New tenancies in Baltinglass averaged €1,498 a month in 2025, against €1,256 in 2024 (+19%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Baltinglass, W91 H762
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Brid
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. Naomh Brid
Is S.N. Naomh Brid 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. Naomh Brid have?
77 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Brid teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Brid teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Brid?
S.N. Naomh Brid has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Brid?
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. Naomh Brid?
The nearest are Kiltegan N.S. (2.9 km), S.N. Treasa Naomha (3.9 km) and Scoil Naomh Iosaf (4.7 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 Baltinglass; 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).