St Brigids N S
Curragh · Roll number 16302F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 167
- +16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 25 from 192 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 82
- 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
167 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 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 19.3 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 18.8 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 17.2 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17.3 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 20.7 |
| 4th Class | 31 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 22.3 |
| 5th Class | 25 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 23.8 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 24.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 19Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 182nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 191st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 122nd Class2021/22
- 123rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 145th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
31 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 314th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
25 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 255th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +115th Class in 2025/26 (14 to 25)
- −136th Class in 2025/26 (27 to 14)
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 Brigids 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
9.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.83 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 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 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 St Brigids N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids N SThis school | – | 167 |
−13.0%
|
|
| 1 | S N Bride2.4 km · Curragh · DEIS | 2.4 km | 55 |
−36.8%
|
| 2 | St. Catherine of Sienna2.9 km · Kildare · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 2.9 km | 151 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Bride3.7 km · The Curragh | 3.7 km | 304 |
−7.9%
|
| 4 | Ballyshannon N S4.0 km · Kilcullen | 4.0 km | 115 |
+5.5%
|
| 5 | Newbridge Educate Together NS4.3 km · The Curragh · Multi-denominational | 4.3 km | 406 |
+2.3%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Chill Dara4.3 km · Newbridge · Gaelscoil | 4.3 km | 288 |
−33.6%
|
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
- Ken Mulligan
- Phone
- 045441829
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballysax Little, Curragh, Co. Kildare, R56 E782
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
- Curragh
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 | 167 | 85 | 82 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 151 | 77 | 74 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 80 | 72 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 82 | 83 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 169 | 85 | 84 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 178 | 91 | 87 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 176 | 94 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 177 | 98 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 190 | 101 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 196 | 100 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 192 | 95 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 193 | 91 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 208 | 95 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 205 | 92 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 211 | 91 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 212 | 89 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 217 | 90 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 216 | 90 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 222 | 90 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 226 | 94 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 215 | 94 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 209 | 91 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 200 | 89 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 202 | 88 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 195 | 88 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 196 | 97 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 184 | 97 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 178 | 93 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 191 | 96 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 179 | 91 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 166 | 85 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 149 | 77 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 150 | 73 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 127 | 61 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 129 | 63 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 133 | 66 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 127 | 65 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 128 | 63 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 119 | 54 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 117 | 50 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 101 | 48 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 99 | 38 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |