Scoil Nais Bhride
Tullow · Roll number 04077I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 190
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −2%
- Down 4 from 194 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 90 / 100
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
190 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 23 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 23.8 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22.7 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 22.3 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 24.0 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 24.7 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 25.8 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 30 | 27.8 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 27.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 21Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +62nd Class in 2024/25 (20 to 26)
- −72nd Class in 2021/22 (29 to 22)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Nais Bhride, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
13.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Scoil Nais Bhride, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Nais BhrideThis school | – | 190 |
−2.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Fiontain Naofa3.9 km · Tullow | 3.9 km | 41 |
+105.0%
|
| 2 | St Columbas N S5.0 km · Tullow · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 5.0 km | 93 |
+25.7%
|
| 3 | S N Phadraig Naofa5.1 km · Tullow · Boys · DEIS | 5.1 km | 150 |
−34.2%
|
| 4 | S N Muire Lourdes5.2 km · Tullow · Girls · DEIS | 5.2 km | 195 |
−11.8%
|
| 5 | Rathoe NS5.7 km · Rathoe | 5.7 km | 175 |
−5.9%
|
| 6 | Bennekerry National School5.9 km · Bennekerry | 5.9 km | 377 |
−12.9%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Leah Mulhall
- Phone
- 0599163881
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grange, Tullow, Co. Carlow, R93 FX22
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Tullow
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 190 | 90 | 100 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 30 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 202 | 95 | 107 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 200 | 90 | 110 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 94 | 120 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 216 | 97 | 119 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 223 | 100 | 123 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 223 | 103 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 222 | 102 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 215 | 98 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 203 | 94 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 194 | 96 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 173 | 83 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 159 | 71 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 147 | 66 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 118 | 53 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 105 | 46 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 86 | 34 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 87 | 35 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 70 | 26 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 65 | 23 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 57 | 21 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 50 | 18 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 48 | 18 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 43 | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 45 | 20 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 42 | 18 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 47 | 18 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 43 | 16 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 45 | 17 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 42 | 15 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 54 | 21 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 62 | 20 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 68 | 22 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 52 | 23 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 52 | 25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 54 | 26 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 44 | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 38 | 17 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 36 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |