Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
Bóthar Vevay, Bré, Co.Chill Mhantáin · A98 YH48 · Roll number 20016D
Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh is one of 17 primary schools in or within 3 km of Bray. Every school in and around Bray →
What stands out about Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
- 166 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Smaller than it was: 166 pupils, 27% fewer than the 228 of 2019/20.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh had 166 pupils in 2025/26, down from 185 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 231, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
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 Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh 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 Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
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 Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh 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 teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh has shrunk by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bray 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, 5 have more pupils than Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −27%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.9 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.2 km |
The other 75 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | 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 | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 51 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 60 km |
Living in Bray
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Homes in the A98 Eircode area
Housing in Bray →The median sale price rose from €460,000 in 2023 to €550,000 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A98 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Bray
Cost of living in Bray →New tenancies in Bray averaged €1,617 a month in 2025, against €1,509 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Bray, A98 YH48
Primary schools near Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh
Is Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh 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 Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh have?
166 pupils in 2025/26. That is −27% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh?
Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh?
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 Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh?
The nearest are Scoil Padraig Naofa (0.1 km), Cronan Naofa N.S. (0.1 km) and Scoil Chualann (0.9 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 Bray; 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).