Faha National School
Killarney · Roll number 11405N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 224
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +19%
- Up 36 from 188 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 129
- 42% 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
224 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 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 23.8 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 17 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 26 | 25.3 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 26.8 |
| 2nd Class | 33 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 28.5 |
| 3rd Class | 18 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 26.3 |
| 4th Class | 32 | 18 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 28.2 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 27.8 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 21 | 32 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 27.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 31Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 271st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 314th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
33 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 332nd Class2020/21
- 323rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 325th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
18 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 183rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
32 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 324th Class2020/21
- 325th Class2021/22
- 326th 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
- +143rd Class in 2021/22 (18 to 32)
- −144th Class in 2021/22 (32 to 18)
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 Faha 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
15teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 4 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.5 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 Faha National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faha National SchoolThis school | – | 224 |
+19.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N an Chuilleanaig5.0 km · Killarney | 5.0 km | 152 |
−15.1%
|
| 2 | S N an Fhossa5.6 km · Killarney | 5.6 km | 246 |
−2.0%
|
| 3 | Nagle Rice Primary School6.3 km · Killarney | 6.3 km | 337 |
+17.4%
|
| 4 | Two Mile Community National School7.1 km · Killarney · Multi-denominational | 7.1 km | 46 |
+170.6%
|
| 5 | Kilgobnet N S7.5 km · Killarney | 7.5 km | 92 |
+2.2%
|
| 6 | Firies MXD N S7.9 km · Killarney | 7.9 km | 250 |
−8.8%
|
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
- Jerry Fitzgerald
- Phone
- 0646644619
- [email protected]
- Address
- Faha, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 XH79
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Killarney
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 | 224 | 95 | 129 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 103 | 125 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 29 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 219 | 101 | 118 | 23 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 215 | 97 | 118 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 90 | 110 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 32 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 201 | 89 | 112 | 16 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 213 | 93 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 204 | 93 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 205 | 102 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 188 | 88 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 188 | 85 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 171 | 76 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 160 | 71 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 153 | 69 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 138 | 64 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 139 | 66 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 134 | 65 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 146 | 71 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 146 | 71 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 141 | 69 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 143 | 67 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 132 | 61 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 131 | 58 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 138 | 58 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 142 | 57 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 126 | 49 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 125 | 50 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 137 | 58 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 138 | 65 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 138 | 67 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 140 | 67 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 146 | 75 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 141 | 73 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 190 | 92 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 179 | 83 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 168 | 79 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 157 | 73 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 146 | 68 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 126 | 62 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 132 | 60 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 155 | 70 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |