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Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

Post-primary · ETBMulti-denominational

Carnew, Arklow, Co Wicklow · Y14 WA00 · Roll number 70790E

Coláiste Bhríde Carnew is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carnew. Every school in and around Carnew →

Pupils
836
September, 2025/26
407 girls, 429 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 871 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Kildare & Wicklow ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

  • One of the larger post-primary schools: 836 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
  • The only post-primary school in Carnew or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Coláiste Bhríde Carnew had 836 pupils in 2025/26, against 831 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 966, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

03006009001,2002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

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 Coláiste Bhríde Carnew 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

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 in

Getting a place at Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Coláiste Bhríde Carnew directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.

Pupils
836
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 871 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Bhríde Carnew is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Carnew together changed by −5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Coláiste Bhríde Carnew−4%
The post-primary schools around Carnew−4%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Coláiste Bhríde Carnew. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.

Coláiste Bhríde Carnew836
F.C.J.1,075
Bunclody310
Creagh College1,061
Gorey Educate Together323
Gorey1,546
Coláiste Eoin358
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Bhríde Carnew836−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish
F.C.J. Secondary School1,075+15%CatholicEnglish11 km
Bunclody Community College310+42%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Creagh College1,061+29%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Gorey Educate Together Secondary School323–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Gorey Community School1,546+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Coláiste Eoin358+58%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Wicklow
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Glenart College633+52%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
Arklow CBS392+5%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gaelcholáiste na Mara279+2%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish25 km
St Marys College527−5%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Chonglais452−9%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Avondale Community College644+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
St Kevin's Community College829+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓40 km
Coláiste Chill Mhantáin995+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓42 km
Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School404+963%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
Dominican College461−0%CatholicEnglish43 km
East Glendalough School365−1%Church of IrelandEnglish43 km
Blessington Community College737+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish51 km
Colaiste Chraobh Abhann778+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish52 km
Greystones Community College765–Multi-denominationalEnglish55 km
Temple Carrig Secondary School931+15%Church of IrelandEnglish57 km
St David's Holy Faith Secondary792+37%CatholicEnglish57 km
St. Kilian's Community School427−4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓59 km
Presentation College667+4%CatholicEnglish60 km
St. Gerard's School623+13%CatholicEnglish60 km
Loreto Secondary School747+0%CatholicEnglish60 km
North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School324+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish61 km
Coláiste Raithín326+11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish62 km
Living nearby

Living in Carnew

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€237,500
43 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,730
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Wicklow

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%).

2023€275,000
2024€285,000
2025€300,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€393,900
Second-hand homes€281,800

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%).

2024€1,635
2025€1,730

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Carnew, Y14 WA00

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Coláiste Bhríde Carnew

Is Coláiste Bhríde Carnew 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 Coláiste Bhríde Carnew have?

836 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does Coláiste Bhríde Carnew teach through Irish?

No: Coláiste Bhríde Carnew teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Coláiste Bhríde Carnew?

Coláiste Bhríde Carnew has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Bhríde Carnew?

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 Coláiste Bhríde Carnew?

The nearest are F.C.J. Secondary School (11 km), Bunclody Community College (12 km) and Creagh College (13 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).