Rathangan B N S
Rathangan · Roll number 15957D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 308
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 54 from 254 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 308
- 0% 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
308 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 | 40 | 43 | 27 | 41 | 36 | 30 | 36.2 |
| Senior Infants | 41 | 42 | 42 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 37.8 |
| 1st Class | 43 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 26 | 41 | 39.2 |
| 2nd Class | 35 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 26 | 38.2 |
| 3rd Class | 40 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41.2 |
| 4th Class | 38 | 42 | 36 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 41.7 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 45 | 39.7 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 35 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 38.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
36 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
41 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 41 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 41Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 411st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
43 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 42 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 423rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2020/21
- 42Senior Infants2021/22
- 421st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 433rd Class2024/25
- 484th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
41 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 45 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 41Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 432nd Class2022/23
- 443rd Class2023/24
- 434th Class2024/25
- 455th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
43 in 1st Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 431st Class2020/21
- 422nd Class2021/22
- 423rd Class2022/23
- 434th Class2023/24
- 425th Class2024/25
- 426th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
35 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 352nd Class2020/21
- 363rd Class2021/22
- 364th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 416th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
40 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 403rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 415th Class2022/23
- 426th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
38 in 4th Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 384th Class2020/21
- 395th Class2021/22
- 406th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Senior Infants in 2024/25 (26 to 42)
- −16Junior Infants in 2022/23 (43 to 27)
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 Rathangan B 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
18.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8 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 Rathangan B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathangan B N SThis school | – | 308 |
+21.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Bhride N S1.0 km · Rathangan · Girls | 1.0 km | 286 |
−2.1%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Brogain6.3 km · Rathanagan · DEIS | 6.3 km | 72 |
−20.0%
|
| 3 | S N Bride6.3 km · Monasterevin | 6.3 km | 101 |
−30.3%
|
| 4 | Clonbullogue N S7.1 km · Clonbullogue | 7.1 km | 84 |
−19.2%
|
| 5 | S N Brighde9.6 km · Newbridge | 9.6 km | 229 |
+9.0%
|
| 6 | St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School9.7 km · Kildare Town · DEIS | 9.7 km | 1,025 |
+2.8%
|
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
- Peter Kelly
- Phone
- 0851756582
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathangan, Co. Kildare, R51 VP23
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Rathangan
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 | 308 | 0 | 308 | 30 | 34 | 41 | 26 | 42 | 48 | 45 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 319 | – | 319 | 36 | 42 | 26 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| 2023/24 | 323 | 0 | 323 | 41 | 26 | 41 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 319 | – | 319 | 27 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 36 | 41 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | 327 | – | 327 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 304 | – | 304 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 33 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 288 | – | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 272 | – | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 270 | – | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 267 | 0 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 254 | 0 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 236 | 0 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 239 | 0 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 208 | 0 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 177 | 0 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 173 | 0 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 172 | 0 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 144 | 0 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 145 | 0 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 139 | 0 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 135 | 0 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 124 | 0 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 116 | 0 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 109 | 0 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 103 | 0 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 110 | 0 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 121 | – | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 127 | – | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 127 | – | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 133 | 0 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 131 | – | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 125 | – | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 132 | – | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 142 | 0 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 151 | 0 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 150 | 0 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 153 | 0 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 145 | 0 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 157 | 0 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 145 | 0 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 143 | 0 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 149 | 0 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |