Padraig Naofa N S
Wicklow · Roll number 15676S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 377
- +8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +14%
- Up 47 from 330 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 159 / 218
- 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
377 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 | 34 | 44 | 33 | 38 | 29 | 38 | 36.0 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 30 | 42 | 34 | 41 | 31 | 36.7 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 47 | 34 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 40.5 |
| 2nd Class | 32 | 35 | 51 | 36 | 52 | 44 | 41.7 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 40 | 65 | 43.5 |
| 4th Class | 47 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 51 | 43 | 42.8 |
| 5th Class | 42 | 54 | 41 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 47.5 |
| 6th Class | 48 | 46 | 56 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 48.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 31 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 31Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
38 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 44 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2023/24
- 41Senior Infants2024/25
- 441st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 44 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 442nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
44 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 65 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 471st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 653rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 43 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 434th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 5th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 512nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 575th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
36 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 361st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 433rd Class2022/23
- 424th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
32 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2024/25): 14 pupils more.
- 322nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 414th Class2022/23
- 425th Class2023/24
- 466th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 334th Class2021/22
- 415th Class2022/23
- 376th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
47 in 4th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2022/23): 9 pupils more.
- 474th Class2020/21
- 545th Class2021/22
- 566th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
42 in 5th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 425th Class2020/21
- 466th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +253rd Class in 2025/26 (40 to 65)
- −196th Class in 2023/24 (56 to 37)
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 Padraig Naofa 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
28.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers160 hours of support teaching a week 6.4
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and a mild general learning disability class 4
15.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 27 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.5 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 15.5 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. 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 Padraig Naofa N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padraig Naofa N SThis school | – | 377 |
+14.2%
|
|
| 1 | Glebe NS0.5 km · Wicklow Town · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 210 |
−5.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil an Choroin Mhuire0.5 km · Wicklow | 0.5 km | 432 |
−2.7%
|
| 3 | Wicklow Educate Together NS1.2 km · Wicklow Town · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 377 |
+19.7%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin2.2 km · Ráth Naoi · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 2.2 km | 285 |
+4.0%
|
| 5 | St Coen's National School2.2 km · Rathnew · DEIS | 2.2 km | 328 | – |
| 6 | Scoil na Coróine Mhuire5.7 km · Ashford | 5.7 km | 309 |
−15.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Lorraine Dempsey
- Phone
- 040467415
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Patricks Road, Wicklow, A67 HP90
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
- Wicklow
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 | 377 | 159 | 218 | 38 | 31 | 44 | 44 | 65 | 43 | 57 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 369 | 153 | 216 | 29 | 41 | 35 | 52 | 40 | 51 | 49 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 358 | 154 | 204 | 38 | 34 | 47 | 36 | 53 | 42 | 42 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | 364 | 143 | 221 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 51 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | 346 | 132 | 214 | 44 | 30 | 47 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 54 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | 325 | 121 | 204 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 47 | 42 | 48 |
| 2019/20 | 302 | 113 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 285 | 92 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 277 | 63 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 294 | 52 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 330 | 55 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 327 | 42 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 316 | 34 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 320 | 16 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 318 | 5 | 313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 342 | 0 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 378 | 0 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 390 | 0 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 406 | 0 | 406 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 417 | 0 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 468 | 0 | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 494 | 0 | 494 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 513 | 0 | 513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 503 | 0 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 519 | 0 | 519 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 517 | 0 | 517 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 512 | 0 | 512 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 507 | 0 | 507 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 472 | 0 | 472 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 485 | – | 485 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 483 | – | 483 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 485 | – | 485 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 497 | 0 | 497 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 486 | 0 | 486 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 479 | 0 | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 488 | 0 | 488 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 473 | 0 | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 447 | 0 | 447 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 434 | 0 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 399 | 0 | 399 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 402 | 0 | 402 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |