S N Nicolais Naofa
DUNLUAIN, CO CILL MHANTAIN · W91 YY22 · Roll number 17810G
S N Nicolais Naofa is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunlavin. Every school in and around Dunlavin →
What stands out about S N Nicolais Naofa
- One of the larger primary schools: 250 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S N Nicolais Naofa had 250 pupils in 2025/26, down from 260 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 262, in 2016/17. 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 S N Nicolais Naofa
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 S N Nicolais Naofa 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 S N Nicolais Naofa
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 S N Nicolais Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S N Nicolais Naofa 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: S N Nicolais Naofa has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dunlavin together changed by +22%.
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.
S N Nicolais Naofa has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.4 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
The other 77 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.7 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | 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 | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Dunlavin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Dunlavin →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 Dunlavin →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 ↗Dunlavin, W91 YY22
Primary schools near S N Nicolais Naofa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S N Nicolais Naofa
Is S N Nicolais Naofa 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 S N Nicolais Naofa have?
250 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does S N Nicolais Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S N Nicolais Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S N Nicolais Naofa?
S N Nicolais Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at S N Nicolais Naofa?
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 S N Nicolais Naofa?
The nearest are Jonathan Swift N.S. (0.4 km), S.N. Naomh Ioseph (5.7 km) and Donard N.S. (6.6 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 Dunlavin; 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).