St Laurence O'Toole's NS
Bray · Roll number 16634H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 254
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −22%
- Down 70 from 324 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 132 / 122
- 52% 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
254 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 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 34 | 25 | 29.8 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 35 | 35 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 32.0 |
| 1st Class | 37 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 32.0 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 36 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 33.0 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 29 | 37 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 33.3 |
| 4th Class | 40 | 29 | 26 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 32.5 |
| 5th Class | 50 | 41 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 35.8 |
| 6th Class | 45 | 47 | 40 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 38.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 35 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 35Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 31 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 312nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
33 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 38 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 341st Class2023/24
- 372nd Class2024/25
- 383rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 35Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 321st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 323rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
37 in 1st Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 371st Class2020/21
- 362nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 374th Class2023/24
- 365th Class2024/25
- 366th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
40 in 4th Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 404th Class2020/21
- 415th Class2021/22
- 406th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
50 in 5th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 505th Class2020/21
- 476th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +114th Class in 2023/24 (26 to 37)
- −125th Class in 2022/23 (41 to 29)
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 Laurence O'Toole's NS, 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
17.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 7 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.33 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 Laurence O'Toole's NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Laurence O'Toole's NSThis school | – | 254 |
−21.6%
|
|
| 1 | Moneystown N S6.9 km · Roundwood Bray | 6.9 km | 108 |
−6.1%
|
| 2 | Caoimhin Naofa N S7.8 km · Glendalough | 7.8 km | 123 |
−0.8%
|
| 3 | Newtownmountkennedy Primary School7.9 km · Newtownmountkennedy · DEIS | 7.9 km | 368 |
+24.7%
|
| 4 | Woodstock Educate Together N.S.8.0 km · Newtownmountkennedy · Multi-denominational | 8.0 km | 150 | – |
| 5 | Nuns Cross N S8.4 km · Ashford · Church of Ireland | 8.4 km | 194 |
+65.8%
|
| 6 | Scoil na Coróine Mhuire9.7 km · Ashford | 9.7 km | 309 |
−15.6%
|
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
- Sinead Sharkey
- Phone
- 012818399
- [email protected]
- Address
- Roundwood, Bray, Co. Wicklow, A98 RP49
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Rathdrum
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 | 254 | 132 | 122 | 25 | 35 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 264 | 131 | 133 | 34 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 256 | 128 | 128 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 263 | 137 | 126 | 27 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 26 | 29 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | 285 | 146 | 139 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 41 | 47 |
| 2020/21 | 304 | 156 | 148 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 31 | 40 | 50 | 45 |
| 2019/20 | 311 | 165 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 312 | 159 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 318 | 155 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 315 | 160 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 324 | 170 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 315 | 167 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 304 | 164 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 276 | 147 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 267 | 134 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 264 | 134 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 247 | 114 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 250 | 105 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 224 | 96 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 212 | 90 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 182 | 78 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 175 | 77 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 162 | 74 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 156 | 70 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 162 | 75 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 166 | 78 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 166 | 76 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 171 | 67 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 191 | 76 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 176 | 71 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 197 | 78 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 196 | 78 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 211 | 88 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 226 | 107 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 219 | 103 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 206 | 102 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 209 | 93 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 205 | 90 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 189 | 82 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 188 | 86 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 168 | 80 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 137 | 67 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |