St Patricks N S

The facts

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.

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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 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

Other schools in Newbridge

• Almhaine N S Primary school, Kildare
• Ballymany Junior Ns Primary school, Kildare
• Gaelscoil Chill Dara Primary school, Kildare
• Holy Family Secondary School Secondary 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