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School planning area

Curragh

4 primary schools and 677 pupils in 2025/26, in County Kildare.

Pupils in 2025/26
677
+27 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
+11.2%
609 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
4
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
22.72
Average school size: 169.2

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

677

+27 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

4

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

169.2

145.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.72

−0.28 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. 78 in 2025/26, +8 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

3 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

2fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

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

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 151 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
22.72
Mainstream classes
29
Classes of 30 or more
3
Schools with a class of 30+
2

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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
29
Up 6 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 8%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 48
Estimate: 29 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 14 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
32
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 0
1 school gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in the Curragh planning area, and the special classes in its 4 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
74
In 1 school, down from 80 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
3
In 3 of 4 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
3
In 3 schools
Autism classes
3
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

In the Curragh planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 1
  • 2023/24 1
  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 3
  • 2026/27 3

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Annes Special SchoolThe Curragh · Moderate general learning disability 74
−7.5%
13 39

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

Schools

4 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil BrideThe Curragh 13350B 304
−7.9%
12 25.33 30 1
St Brigids N SCurragh 16302F 167
−13.0%
6 26.83 30 2
St. Catherine of SiennaKildare 20558Q 151 – 8 18.12 27 0
S N BrideCurragh 18031K 55
−36.8%
3 16.33 22 0