All Saints National School
Main Street, Carnew, Co. Wicklow · Y14 YY46 · Roll number 14972R
All Saints National School is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carnew. Every school in and around Carnew →
What stands out about All Saints National School
- A small primary school: 23 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In 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.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Carnew.
- 14 girls and 9 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26All Saints National School had 23 pupils in 2025/26, down from 29 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 61% of them. Its largest roll was 31, in 2017/18. 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 All Saints National School
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 All Saints National School 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 All Saints National School
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 All Saints National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to All Saints National School 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: All Saints National School has grown by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carnew together changed by −5%.
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 All Saints National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.4 km |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.7 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km |
The other 78 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.7 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 55 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 55 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 60 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 60 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
Living in Carnew
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y14 Eircode area
Housing in Carnew →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 Carnew →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 ↗Carnew, Y14 YY46
Primary schools near All Saints National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about All Saints National School
Is All Saints National School 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 All Saints National School have?
23 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.
Does All Saints National School teach through Irish?
No: All Saints National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs All Saints National School?
All Saints National School has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI.
How do pupils get a place at All Saints National School?
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 All Saints National School?
The nearest are Carnew N.S. (0.4 km), S.N. Treasa Nfa (3.1 km) and Shillelagh No 1 N.S. (5.7 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 Carnew; 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).