Donaghmore N.S.
Donoughmore, Donard, Co. Wicklow · W91 XY32 · Roll number 12413R
Donaghmore N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Donard. Every school in and around Donard →
What stands out about Donaghmore N.S.
- A small primary school: 25 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 25 pupils, 31% fewer than the 36 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
- Outside Donard’s outline, 2.8 km away; listed with Donard, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Donaghmore N.S. had 25 pupils in 2025/26, down from 37 in 2015/16 (−32%). Girls are 48% 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 Donaghmore N.S.
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 Donaghmore N.S. 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 Donaghmore N.S.
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 Donaghmore N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Donaghmore N.S. 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: Donaghmore N.S. has shrunk by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Donard together changed by +16%.
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 Donaghmore N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −31%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km |
The other 75 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
Living in Donard
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Donard →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 Co. Wicklow
Cost of living in Donard →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 ↗near Donard, W91 XY32
Primary schools near Donaghmore N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Donaghmore N.S.
Is Donaghmore N.S. 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 Donaghmore N.S. have?
25 pupils in 2025/26. That is −31% since 2019/20.
Does Donaghmore N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Donaghmore N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Donaghmore N.S.?
Donaghmore N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI.
How do pupils get a place at Donaghmore N.S.?
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 Donaghmore N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Muire (3.1 km), Donard N.S. (3.7 km) and S.N. Naomh Brid (7.2 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 Donard; 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).