S N Phadraig Naofa

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

What DEIS means here

DEIS Urban Band 1. This is the most intensively supported band. Junior classes are capped at 17:1, vertical schools at 19:1 and senior schools at 21:1 — smaller than almost any non-DEIS school in the country.

17:1 junior class size cap. Urban Band 1 primary schools have the lowest pupil-teacher ratio in Ireland: 17:1 in junior classes (infants to 2nd), 19:1 in vertical schools, and 21:1 in senior schools. That is smaller than almost any fee-paying school in the State.

Added to DEIS in the 2022 expansion, so its supports are relatively recent.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

What DEIS is, band by band, HEAR college entry, and whether it says anything about how good a school is →

Special classes

The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.

The area around this school

School planning area: Tullow. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district R93 (Carlow) was €290,000 in 2025. That is up 56.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Tullow Urban at -9.34 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 23% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Tullow

• Ballyconnell N S Primary school, Carlow
• Rathoe Ns Primary school, Carlow
• S N Cluain Na Ngall Primary school, Carlow
• S N Fiontain Naofa Primary school, Carlow
• S N Muire Lourdes Primary school, Carlow
• S N Peadar Agus Pol Primary school, Carlow
• Scoil Muire Gan Smal Primary school, Carlow
• Scoil Nais Bhride Primary school, Carlow
• St Columbas N S Primary school, Carlow
• St Patricks N S Primary school, Carlow
• Tullow Community School Secondary school, Carlow