Crossbridge N.S.
CROSSBRIDGE, TINAHELY, CO WICKLOW · Y14 YH51 · Roll number 17907V
Crossbridge N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Tinahely. Every school in and around Tinahely →
What stands out about Crossbridge N.S.
- A small primary school: 45 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 45 pupils, 21% fewer than the 57 of 2019/20.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Tinahely.
- 15 girls and 30 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Tinahely’s outline, 2.1 km away; listed with Tinahely, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Crossbridge N.S. had 45 pupils in 2025/26, down from 53 in 2015/16 (−15%). Girls are 33% of them. Its largest roll was 58, in 2020/21. 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 Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Crossbridge 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: Crossbridge N.S. has shrunk by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tinahely together changed by +3%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Crossbridge N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −21%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | ||
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.5 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 149 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km |
The other 76 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
Living in Tinahely
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y14 Eircode area
Housing in Tinahely →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 Tinahely →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 Tinahely, Y14 YH51
Primary schools near Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge N.S.
Is Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge N.S. have?
45 pupils in 2025/26. That is −21% since 2019/20.
Does Crossbridge N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Crossbridge N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Crossbridge N.S.?
Crossbridge N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Crossbridge 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 Crossbridge N.S.?
The nearest are Tinahely N.S. (3.2 km), Kilcommon N.S. (3.5 km) and Scoil Mhuire na nAird (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 Tinahely; 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).