Rathcoyle N.S.
Rathcoyle Upper, Rathdangan, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow · W91 PN26 · Roll number 18434J
Rathcoyle N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Knockananna. Every school in and around Knockananna →
What stands out about Rathcoyle N.S.
- A small primary school: 50 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 50 pupils, 32% fewer than the 74 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Knockananna’s outline, 4.7 km away; listed with Knockananna, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rathcoyle N.S. had 50 pupils in 2025/26, down from 69 in 2015/16 (−28%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 74, in 2019/20. 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 Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rathcoyle 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: Rathcoyle N.S. has shrunk by 32% since 2019/20.
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, 4 have more pupils than Rathcoyle N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −32%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 149 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| S.N. Treasa Naomha | 52 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km |
The other 77 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | 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 | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
Living in Knockananna
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y14 Eircode area
Housing in Knockananna →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 Knockananna →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 Knockananna, W91 PN26
Primary schools near Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle N.S.
Is Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle N.S. have?
50 pupils in 2025/26. That is −32% since 2019/20.
Does Rathcoyle N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Rathcoyle N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rathcoyle N.S.?
Rathcoyle N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Rathcoyle 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 Rathcoyle N.S.?
The nearest are Naomh Brid N.S. (5.2 km), Kiltegan N.S. (5.4 km) and St Josephs N.S. (6.3 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 Knockananna; 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).