Holy Family Secondary School
Holy Family Secondary School is a secondary school girls only in Kildare. 789 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1.43 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 789 (0 boys, 789 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 61682A |
| Eircode | W12YD71 |
| Address | Naas Road, Newbridge, Co Kildare |
Getting in
Competitive. 193 applications for 135 places in 2025/26 — 1.43 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 135 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 135 |
| Applications last year | 193 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
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.
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
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 Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Urban at -5.3 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 33% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Sarah Allen |
|---|---|
| Phone | 045431957 |
| principal@holyfamily.ie | |
| Local authority | Kildare County Council |
Other schools in Newbridge
- Almhaine N S Primary school, Kildare
- Ballymany Junior Ns Primary school, Kildare
- Gaelscoil Chill Dara Primary school, Kildare
- Newbridge College Secondary school, Kildare
- Newbridge Educate Together Ns Primary school, Kildare
- Patrician Secondary School Secondary school, Kildare
- S N Brighde Primary school, Kildare
- S N Connlaodh Naofa N Primary school, Kildare
- Scoil Chonnla Phadraig Primary school, Kildare
- Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Kildare
- Scoil Na Naomh Uilig Primary school, Kildare
- St Conleth's Community College Secondary school, Kildare
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.