Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow · A63 FP76 · Roll number 20278K
Newtownmountkennedy Primary School is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Newtownmountkennedy. Every school in and around Newtownmountkennedy →
What stands out about Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
- One of the larger primary schools: 368 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Newtownmountkennedy.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Newtownmountkennedy’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Newtownmountkennedy, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Newtownmountkennedy Primary School had 368 pupils in 2025/26, against 295 in 2015/16 (+25%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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. 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: Newtownmountkennedy Primary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Newtownmountkennedy together changed by +12%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Newtownmountkennedy Primary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.1 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.3 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6 km |
The other 75 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 7.1 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.1 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 50 km |
Living in Newtownmountkennedy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A63 Eircode area
Housing in Newtownmountkennedy →The median sale price rose from €540,800 in 2023 to €573,700 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A63 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Newtownmountkennedy
Cost of living in Newtownmountkennedy →New tenancies in Newtownmountkennedy averaged €1,800 a month in 2025, against €1,728 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Newtownmountkennedy, A63 FP76
Primary schools near Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
Is Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary School have?
368 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Newtownmountkennedy Primary School teach through Irish?
No: Newtownmountkennedy Primary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Newtownmountkennedy Primary School?
Newtownmountkennedy Primary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Newtownmountkennedy Primary 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary School?
The nearest are Woodstock Educate Together N.S. (0.1 km), St Francis N.S. (3.3 km) and Kilcoole Primary School (4 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 Newtownmountkennedy; 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).