Scoil Bhríde
Nurney · Roll number 16345A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 183
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −16%
- Down 36 from 219 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 97 / 86
- 53% 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
183 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 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 22.5 |
| 1st Class | 19 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 22.5 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 28 | 22.5 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 23.0 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 25.2 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 26.0 |
| 6th Class | 32 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 27.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 19 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 16Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 182nd Class2024/25
- 193rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 224th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 233rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
19 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 191st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 214th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Senior Infants in 2023/24 (16 to 27)
- −12Senior Infants in 2025/26 (28 to 16)
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 Scoil Bhríde, 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
11.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers and 2.83 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 Scoil Bhríde, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil BhrídeThis school | – | 183 |
−16.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cill Daingin4.0 km · Monasterevan | 4.0 km | 207 |
−8.0%
|
| 2 | S N Bride6.2 km · Curragh · DEIS | 6.2 km | 55 |
−36.8%
|
| 3 | Kilberry N S7.0 km · Athy · DEIS | 7.0 km | 84 |
−25.0%
|
| 4 | St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School7.0 km · Kildare Town · DEIS | 7.0 km | 1,025 |
+2.8%
|
| 5 | S N Ide7.5 km · Athy · DEIS | 7.5 km | 139 |
−32.5%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha7.8 km · Baile Chill Dara · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 7.8 km | 215 |
+283.9%
|
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
- Dr. Vinny Thorpe
- Phone
- 045526767
- [email protected]
- Address
- Nurney, Co. Kildare, R51 YC66
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
- Kildare
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 | 183 | 97 | 86 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 91 | 94 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 88 | 96 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 186 | 83 | 103 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 198 | 93 | 105 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 207 | 94 | 113 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 32 |
| 2019/20 | 216 | 92 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 213 | 98 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 216 | 98 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 218 | 100 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 219 | 105 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 219 | 103 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 213 | 105 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 206 | 106 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 211 | 107 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 212 | 103 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 222 | 108 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 216 | 107 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 201 | 95 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 192 | 91 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 182 | 86 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 177 | 76 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 158 | 69 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 157 | 74 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 150 | 61 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 152 | 62 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 156 | 68 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 150 | 68 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 148 | 69 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 158 | 74 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 155 | 74 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 157 | 71 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 161 | 76 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 121 | 55 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 113 | 53 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 109 | 53 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 103 | 52 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 98 | 42 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 106 | 48 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 106 | 45 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 110 | 48 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 122 | 45 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |