Scoil Naomh Iosaf
Lathaleer, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow · W91 EF95 · Roll number 20039P
Scoil Naomh Iosaf is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Baltinglass. Every school in and around Baltinglass →
What stands out about Scoil Naomh Iosaf
- One of the larger primary schools: 393 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Naomh Iosaf had 393 pupils in 2025/26, against 367 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 408, in 2022/23. 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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf
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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf 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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf
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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Naomh Iosaf 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: Scoil Naomh Iosaf has grown by 12% 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.
Scoil Naomh Iosaf has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | ||
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 207 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km |
The other 77 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 7.3 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 48 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 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 ↗Baltinglass, W91 EF95
Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Iosaf
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Naomh Iosaf
Is Scoil Naomh Iosaf 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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf have?
393 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Naomh Iosaf teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Naomh Iosaf teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Naomh Iosaf?
Scoil Naomh Iosaf has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Iosaf?
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 Scoil Naomh Iosaf?
The nearest are Stratford Lodge N.S. (0.9 km), S.N. Naomh Brid (4.7 km) and S N na Cloiche Moire (4.8 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).