All Saints National School
All Saints National School is a primary school in Wicklow. 23 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, DEIS Rural.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 23 (9 boys, 14 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| DEIS | Yes — Rural |
| Roll number | 14972R |
| Eircode | Y14YY46 |
| Address | Main Street, Carnew, Co. Wicklow |
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.
| Places in the coming year | 6 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 3 |
| Applications last year | 2 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 13 January 2025 |
| Applications close | 04 February 2025 |
this notice describes more than one intake — read it directly.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)
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 Rural. This is the rural strand: extra literacy and numeracy support, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation. It does not carry reduced class sizes.
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.
Feeder school links
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- Newpark Comprehensive Blackrock
- St Andrew's College Booterstown
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Carnew. 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 Y14 (Arklow) was €300,000 in 2025. That is up 43.2% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Carnew at -11.46 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 23% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Andrea McAssey |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0539426513 |
| school@allsaintsnscarnew.com | |
| Local authority | Wicklow County Council |
Other schools in Carnew
- Carnew N S Primary school, Wicklow
- Coláiste Bhríde Carnew Secondary school, Wicklow
- Coolfancy N S Primary school, Wicklow
- Kilcommon N S Primary school, Wicklow
- Monaseed N S Primary school, Wexford
- S N Treasa Nfa Primary school, Wexford
- Scoil Mhuire Na Naird Primary school, Wicklow
- Shillelagh No 1 N S Primary school, Wicklow
- Tinahely N S Primary school, Wicklow
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.