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Planning area in Kildare

Celbridge

Schools in County Kildare in this planning area.

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Schools
8
of 101 in Kildare
Pupils
3,000
10% of Kildare's pupils
Since 2015/16
−3.5%
3,109 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
375.0
Kildare: 287.1
Average class size
24.41
Kildare: 23.56

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Kildare, schools with no planning area had 1.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.5% in 2005/06 and 24.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

3,000

−67 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

375.0

140.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

24.41

−0.64 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 292 in 2025/26, −73 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

8 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 2

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
24.41
Mainstream classes
121
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
121
Up 32 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 18%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 179
Estimate: 121 class teachers, 8 principals and deputies, 43 special education and 7 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
163
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 1
1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Celbridge, and the special classes in its 8 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
96
In 1 school, up from 64 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
8
In 5 of 8 schools. 5 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
11
In 6 schools: 3 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
8
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Celbridge's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 5
  • 2021/22 5
  • 2022/23 6
  • 2023/24 6
  • 2024/25 7
  • 2025/26 8
  • 2026/27 11

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Raphaels Special SCHCelbridge · Moderate general learning disability 96
+50.0%
16 48

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

8 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Aghards N SCelbridge 19794V 660
−5.4%
25 26.40 28 0
Scoil na MainistreachCelbridge 18551N 455
−16.8%
19 23.32 28 0
North Kildare Educate Together NSCelbridge 19995I 432
+57.1%
16 26.25 28 0
Straffan N SNaas 18644U 401
+30.2%
16 24.69 29 0
Scoil Naomh PadraigCelbridge 20257C 374
−3.4%
16 23.38 28 0
St Annes National SchoolStraffan 17674B 329
+20.5%
14 23.07 30 1
Scoil Naomh BridCelbridge 16566Q 240
−51.8%
10 23.00 27 0
Primrose Hill NSCelbridge 13819E 109
−11.4%
5 21.80 27 0