Blessington 1 N S
Blessington · Roll number 06176U
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 195
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +18%
- Up 30 from 165 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 88 / 107
- 45% 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
195 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 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 22.0 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 22.3 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 23.3 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 24.5 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 25.2 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 21 | 28 | 26.7 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 25.5 |
| 6th Class | 30 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 28.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 22Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 284th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Senior Infants in 2023/24 (22 to 30)
- −14Senior Infants in 2024/25 (30 to 16)
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 Blessington 1 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
10.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.7 special education teachers and 2.83 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 Blessington 1 N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington 1 N SThis school | – | 195 |
+18.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Mhuire Senior School1.0 km · Blessington | 1.0 km | 296 |
+3.5%
|
| 2 | S N Muire1.2 km · Blessington | 1.2 km | 235 |
−33.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil na Lochanna2.1 km · Baile Coimín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 2.1 km | 151 |
−25.2%
|
| 4 | Blessington Educate Together NS2.4 km · Blessington · Multi-denominational | 2.4 km | 95 |
+206.5%
|
| 5 | S N Rath Mor3.5 km · Naas | 3.5 km | 308 |
+18.9%
|
| 6 | Kilbride N S5.4 km · Blessington | 5.4 km | 97 |
−19.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Lilian Murphy
- Phone
- 045900879
- [email protected]
- Address
- Blessington Demesne, Blessington, Co Wicklow, W91 YX06
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Blessington
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 | 195 | 88 | 107 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 195 | 98 | 97 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 96 | 105 | 16 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 106 | 97 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 192 | 95 | 97 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 199 | 104 | 95 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 215 | 113 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 210 | 110 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 196 | 102 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 175 | 86 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 165 | 85 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 155 | 79 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 157 | 78 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 154 | 81 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 136 | 72 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 130 | 71 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 101 | 55 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 89 | 49 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 82 | 43 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 82 | 40 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 83 | 40 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 68 | 31 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 63 | 25 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 64 | 27 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 67 | 27 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 58 | 22 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 46 | 18 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 43 | 17 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 43 | 22 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 40 | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 42 | 21 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 41 | 21 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 52 | 26 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 43 | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 36 | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 42 | 23 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 36 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 38 | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 35 | 16 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 32 | 14 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |