Church Hill Mixed N S
Cuffesgrange · Roll number 05927L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 192
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +20%
- Up 32 from 160 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 94 / 98
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1974
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
192 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 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 22.2 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 21.7 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 23.2 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 22.7 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22.3 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23.2 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 23.5 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 24.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 29 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 292nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 18Senior Infants2022/23
- 181st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +92nd Class in 2025/26 (20 to 29)
- −8Junior Infants in 2021/22 (27 to 19)
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 Church Hill Mixed N S, 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
13teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers50 hours of support teaching a week 2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.83 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 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.83 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 Church Hill Mixed N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill Mixed N SThis school | – | 192 |
+20.0%
|
|
| 1 | Burnchurch National School2.9 km · Cuffesgrange Kilkenny | 2.9 km | 44 |
−38.9%
|
| 2 | St Michaels National School4.8 km · Danesfort | 4.8 km | 63 |
+34.0%
|
| 3 | Kilkenny School Project5.7 km · Kilkenny · Multi-denominational | 5.7 km | 236 |
−1.3%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Osrai6.1 km · Cill Chainnigh · Gaelscoil | 6.1 km | 438 |
+0.5%
|
| 5 | S N Padraig Naofa6.2 km · Kilkenny · Boys | 6.2 km | 331 |
−4.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea6.4 km · Kilkenny · Girls | 6.4 km | 330 |
−2.1%
|
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
- Mark Bergin
- Phone
- 0567729144
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Hill, Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny, R95 T253
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Kilkenny
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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 192 | 94 | 98 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 192 | 89 | 103 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 185 | 81 | 104 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 186 | 79 | 107 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 187 | 77 | 110 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 186 | 78 | 108 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 169 | 71 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 161 | 71 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 164 | 73 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 162 | 72 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 160 | 72 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 145 | 71 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 151 | 75 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 128 | 64 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 118 | 59 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 111 | 53 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 98 | 43 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 101 | 44 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 91 | 35 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 82 | 29 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 78 | 34 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 83 | 35 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 84 | 33 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 85 | 35 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 83 | 39 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 71 | 33 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 67 | 33 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 66 | 29 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 53 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 50 | 29 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 57 | 35 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 59 | 35 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 46 | 23 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 41 | 20 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 45 | 22 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 43 | 17 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 41 | 18 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 38 | 17 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 44 | 18 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 44 | 20 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 58 | 31 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |