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School News
School Re-opening for 2026/2027 School Year
School will re-open on Thursday August 27th for all pupils @ 9:20am (Doors open @ 9:10am). Junior Infants will finish at 12pm and all other classes will finish at 3pm.
Primary School Survey
Please find attached the results of the Primary School Survey that school communities were asked to partake in earlier this year. As you will see from our school specific results, even allowing for the margin of error, it is likely that, should all families partake in...
Sciath na Scol 2026
Our footballers will remain unbeaten for 2025/2026 after winning both their West Cork Sciath na Scol final and their Sciath na Scol Mhúscraí final in recent weeks. They have showed great commitment and development over the course of the year and on both days, their...
Dunmanway Agricultural Show Art Competition
Thanks to Enid and Patricia from the Dunmanway Agricultural Show committee for calling to judge all the entries into the Show's art competition. The standard was very high with some great imagination and artistic skills clearly evident. Well done to all the...
Cork City Sports
Well done to all our participants who did so well at the Cork Primary School Sports held in MTU recently. We brought home a whopping 9 trophies on the day and everyone that ran did themselves and the school proud!
About Our School
St. Enda’s NS, Kilnadur is a mainstream co-educational school with classes from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. Set in the picturesque townland of Kilnadur, our primary school is beautifully nestled in the green West Cork countryside with the magnificent Derrynasaggart Mountains in view. St. Enda’s NS, Kilnadur is a Catholic Primary School in the Parish of Kilmichael.
The original school opened in 1865 but a wonderfully modern extension was added, and the old build refurbished, in 2012.
Our school comprises of 2 classrooms and 30 pupils. We have two mainstream classroom teachers (Ms. Friel and Mrs. Dineens ) one Special Education Teacher (Mr. Cotter), two Special Needs Assistants (Bríd and Aisling) and one part-time Secretary (Siobhán).
Our school crest resembles our identity; heritage, learning, sport and community. Within St. Enda’s NS, Kilnadur we strive to establish an environment where each child is given an opportunity to learn and grow, academically, physically, intellectually, spiritually, socially and emotionally. This is reflected in our school ethos where pupils of all ages and abilities are encouraged to reach their maximum potential in all curricular, spiritual and extra-curricular areas.
Our school motto ‘Cairde ag foghlaim le chéile’ reflects the approach of inclusivity and friendship we instill in all aspects of school life in St. Enda’s, Kilnadur.
Our Facilities
School Building
We have 2 large Classrooms, 2 spacious SET Rooms, an Office, a Staffroom and a large Hallway which is used as an area to display our many talents.
Playground
We have lots of playground space here in St. Enda’s NS, Kilnadur. We are fortunate to have a large playing yard beside the school which affords plenty of space to all our pupils for running around, both at breaktimes and during PE classes.
Football Pitch
We are extremely lucky to have a large grass area beside the school yard which the pupils use during breaktimes as well as for curricular based learning.
Garden
We have a lovely garden area at the front of our school that is full of flowers and vegetables that our Gardening Committee look after. They also look after all our beautiful pots and window boxes, in conjunction with the Parent’s Association.
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