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Ballymany Junior Ns

Ballymany Junior Ns is a primary school in Kildare. 333 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1 special class, oversubscribed last year, DEIS.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Kildare & Leighlin
FeesFree
Enrolment333 (168 boys, 165 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
DEISYes — this school is in the DEIS programme
Roll number19550Q
EircodeW12ED88
AddressStandhouse Rd., Newbridge, Co. Kildare

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year96
Places last year1
Applications last year25
Waiting list24
Applications open08 October 2025
Applications close05 November 2025

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗

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.

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Newbridge. 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 W12 (Newbridge) was €440,000 in 2025. That is up 67.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Morristownbiller at 1.45 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 41% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalBairbre Elwood
Phone045432400
Emailoffice@scmj.ie
Local authorityKildare County Council

Other schools in Newbridge

How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.