Kilbride National School
Clonee · Roll number 16825O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 310
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 17 from 327 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 158 / 152
- 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
310 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 | 33 | 23 | 40 | 31 | 39 | 42 | 34.7 |
| Senior Infants | 35 | 36 | 26 | 36 | 32 | 43 | 34.7 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 42 | 35 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 35.0 |
| 2nd Class | 42 | 32 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 38 | 36.7 |
| 3rd Class | 45 | 44 | 34 | 39 | 37 | 29 | 38.0 |
| 4th Class | 41 | 45 | 45 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 41.2 |
| 5th Class | 50 | 44 | 47 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 44.2 |
| 6th Class | 47 | 53 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 36 | 45.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
39 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 37 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 371st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 38 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 36Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 382nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 41 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 36Senior Infants2021/22
- 351st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 373rd Class2024/25
- 414th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 35Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 393rd Class2023/24
- 394th Class2024/25
- 445th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 322nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 366th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
42 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 422nd Class2020/21
- 443rd Class2021/22
- 454th Class2022/23
- 465th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
45 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 453rd Class2020/21
- 454th Class2021/22
- 475th Class2022/23
- 466th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
41 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 414th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
50 in 5th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 505th Class2020/21
- 536th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Junior Infants in 2022/23 (23 to 40)
- −125th Class in 2024/25 (46 to 34)
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 Kilbride National School, 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
22teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 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 Kilbride National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbride National SchoolThis school | – | 310 |
−5.2%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Lucais3.1 km · Dublin 15 | 3.1 km | 602 |
+11.3%
|
| 2 | Tyrrelstown Educate Together National School3.1 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 3.1 km | 511 |
−13.4%
|
| 3 | Cill Coscain3.6 km · The Ward | 3.6 km | 107 |
−1.8%
|
| 4 | Powerstown Educate Together National School4.0 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 4.0 km | 348 |
+120.3%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil an Chuilinn4.0 km · Baile Átha Cliath 15 · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 4.0 km | 282 |
+110.4%
|
| 6 | Ladyswell N S4.9 km · Dublin 15 · DEIS | 4.9 km | 447 |
−16.6%
|
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
- Sheila Dempsey
- Phone
- 018210300
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilbride, Clonee, Co. Meath, D15 XA32
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- 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
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Ashbourne
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 | 310 | 158 | 152 | 42 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 29 | 41 | 44 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 306 | 149 | 157 | 39 | 32 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 34 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 311 | 145 | 166 | 31 | 36 | 29 | 36 | 39 | 36 | 46 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | 323 | 149 | 174 | 40 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 45 | 47 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 331 | 144 | 187 | 23 | 36 | 42 | 32 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 53 |
| 2020/21 | 336 | 140 | 196 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 42 | 45 | 41 | 50 | 47 |
| 2019/20 | 333 | 141 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 336 | 144 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 351 | 159 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 335 | 158 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 327 | 150 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 320 | 146 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 294 | 136 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 282 | 137 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 272 | 131 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 268 | 129 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 243 | 117 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 234 | 112 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 220 | 115 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 229 | 120 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 225 | 122 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 221 | 125 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 225 | 120 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 198 | 107 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 196 | 95 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 199 | 100 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 190 | 89 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 187 | 92 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 187 | 86 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 198 | 93 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 198 | 96 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 206 | 104 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 212 | 107 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 193 | 87 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 174 | 77 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 165 | 70 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 157 | 66 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 129 | – | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 126 | 56 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 123 | 54 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 101 | 45 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |