St Laurences National School
Sallins · Roll number 08099P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 646
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 61 from 707 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 327 / 319
- 51% 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
646 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 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 81.0 |
| Senior Infants | 83 | 83 | 81 | 84 | 78 | 78 | 81.2 |
| 1st Class | 73 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 80.7 |
| 2nd Class | 81 | 75 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 81.3 |
| 3rd Class | 85 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 81.3 |
| 4th Class | 93 | 85 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 83.3 |
| 5th Class | 93 | 89 | 89 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 85.8 |
| 6th Class | 93 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 82 | 82 | 88.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
78 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 78 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 78Junior Infants2024/25
- 78Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
78 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 78 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 78Junior Infants2023/24
- 78Senior Infants2024/25
- 781st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
84 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 83 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2022/23
- 84Senior Infants2023/24
- 831st Class2024/25
- 832nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
84 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 82 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2021/22
- 81Senior Infants2022/23
- 841st Class2023/24
- 842nd Class2024/25
- 823rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
84 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 81 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2020/21
- 83Senior Infants2021/22
- 821st Class2022/23
- 832nd Class2023/24
- 843rd Class2024/25
- 814th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
83 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 84 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 83Senior Infants2020/21
- 841st Class2021/22
- 822nd Class2022/23
- 843rd Class2023/24
- 834th Class2024/25
- 845th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
73 in 1st Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 731st Class2020/21
- 752nd Class2021/22
- 763rd Class2022/23
- 804th Class2023/24
- 805th Class2024/25
- 826th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
81 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 812nd Class2020/21
- 773rd Class2021/22
- 784th Class2022/23
- 805th Class2023/24
- 826th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
85 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 853rd Class2020/21
- 854th Class2021/22
- 895th Class2022/23
- 886th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
93 in 4th Class (2020/21), 91 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 934th Class2020/21
- 895th Class2021/22
- 916th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
93 in 5th Class (2020/21), 92 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 935th Class2020/21
- 926th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +111st Class in 2021/22 (73 to 84)
- −95th Class in 2023/24 (89 to 80)
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 St Laurences National School, 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
34.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 35 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers220 hours of support teaching a week 8.8
8.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 8.8 special education teachers and 8.66 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. 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 St Laurences National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Laurences National SchoolThis school | – | 646 |
−8.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Bríd1.9 km · Naas | 1.9 km | 612 |
−13.6%
|
| 2 | Mercy Convent Primary School3.0 km · Naas | 3.0 km | 607 |
−13.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Chorbain3.7 km · Naas · Boys | 3.7 km | 460 |
+4.1%
|
| 4 | An Linbh Iosa4.0 km · Naas | 4.0 km | 401 |
−2.7%
|
| 5 | Hewetsons N S4.1 km · Clane · Church of Ireland | 4.1 km | 89 |
+3.5%
|
| 6 | Naas Community National School4.7 km · Naas · Multi-denominational | 4.7 km | 364 |
+48.6%
|
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
- Ide Kelly
- Phone
- 045879119
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sallins, Co. Kildare, W91 AD80
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Naas
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 | 646 | 327 | 319 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 84 | 82 |
| 2024/25 | 652 | 333 | 319 | 78 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 82 |
| 2023/24 | 661 | 346 | 315 | 78 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 88 |
| 2022/23 | 663 | 339 | 324 | 84 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 78 | 89 | 91 |
| 2021/22 | 669 | 339 | 330 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 75 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 92 |
| 2020/21 | 685 | 343 | 342 | 84 | 83 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 93 | 93 | 93 |
| 2019/20 | 688 | 339 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 700 | 349 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 721 | 368 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 708 | 358 | 350 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 707 | 358 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 704 | 351 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 707 | 347 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 715 | 351 | 364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 700 | 344 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 690 | 336 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 641 | 314 | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 613 | 294 | 319 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 576 | 274 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 570 | 277 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 542 | 267 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 509 | 258 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 470 | 231 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 402 | 190 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 405 | 183 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 382 | 181 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 374 | 168 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 376 | 153 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 334 | 119 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 281 | 107 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 282 | 104 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 279 | 98 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 293 | 109 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 254 | 109 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 237 | 102 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 226 | 97 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 211 | 93 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 190 | 85 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 175 | 77 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 167 | 76 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 159 | 68 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 135 | 68 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |