Cronan Naofa N S
Bray · Roll number 16872A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 388
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 129 from 517 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 15 / 373
- 4% 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
388 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | 52.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | 66 | 59 | 54 | 55 | 45 | 36 | 52.5 |
| 2nd Class | 89 | 65 | 67 | 51 | 56 | 45 | 62.2 |
| 3rd Class | 72 | 89 | 69 | 68 | 51 | 57 | 67.7 |
| 4th Class | 74 | 73 | 90 | 72 | 68 | 51 | 71.3 |
| 5th Class | 85 | 76 | 76 | 97 | 69 | 76 | 79.8 |
| 6th Class | 94 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 97 | 71 | 81.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in 1st Class (2024/25), 45 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 451st Class2024/25
- 452nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in 1st Class (2023/24), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 551st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 573rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in 1st Class (2022/23), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 541st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
59 in 1st Class (2021/22), 76 in 5th Class (2025/26): 17 pupils more.
- 591st Class2021/22
- 672nd Class2022/23
- 683rd Class2023/24
- 684th Class2024/25
- 765th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
66 in 1st Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 661st Class2020/21
- 652nd Class2021/22
- 693rd Class2022/23
- 724th Class2023/24
- 695th Class2024/25
- 716th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
89 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 97 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 892nd Class2020/21
- 893rd Class2021/22
- 904th Class2022/23
- 975th Class2023/24
- 976th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
72 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 70 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 723rd Class2020/21
- 734th Class2021/22
- 765th Class2022/23
- 706th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
74 in 4th Class (2020/21), 78 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 744th Class2020/21
- 765th Class2021/22
- 786th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
85 in 5th Class (2020/21), 78 in 6th Class (2021/22): 7 pupils fewer.
- 855th Class2020/21
- 786th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +276th Class in 2024/25 (70 to 97)
- −285th Class in 2024/25 (97 to 69)
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 Cronan Naofa 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
29.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers255 hours of support teaching a week 10.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11 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 Cronan Naofa N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronan Naofa N SThis school | – | 388 |
−25.0%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh0.1 km · Co.Chill Mhantáin · Gaelscoil | 0.1 km | 166 |
−10.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Padraig Naofa0.1 km · Bray | 0.1 km | 680 |
−14.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Chualann0.8 km · Bré · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 185 |
−21.6%
|
| 4 | Ravenswell Primary School1.1 km · Bray · DEIS | 1.1 km | 468 |
+75.9%
|
| 5 | St. Peter's Primary School1.1 km · Bray · DEIS | 1.1 km | 156 |
−6.0%
|
| 6 | St Andrews N S1.2 km · Bray · Church of Ireland | 1.2 km | 204 |
−6.8%
|
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
- Eoghan Breathnach
- Phone
- 012860440
- [email protected]
- Address
- Vevay Crescent, Vevay Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow, A98 NW42
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Bray
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 | 388 | 15 | 373 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 51 | 76 | 71 |
| 2024/25 | 392 | – | 392 | – | – | 45 | 56 | 51 | 68 | 69 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 416 | 0 | 416 | – | – | 55 | 51 | 68 | 72 | 97 | 70 |
| 2022/23 | 438 | – | 438 | – | – | 54 | 67 | 69 | 90 | 76 | 78 |
| 2021/22 | 446 | – | 446 | – | – | 59 | 65 | 89 | 73 | 76 | 78 |
| 2020/21 | 486 | – | 486 | – | – | 66 | 89 | 72 | 74 | 85 | 94 |
| 2019/20 | 513 | – | 513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 503 | – | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 519 | – | 519 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 523 | 0 | 523 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 517 | 0 | 517 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 507 | 0 | 507 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 499 | 0 | 499 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 492 | 0 | 492 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 501 | 0 | 501 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 474 | 0 | 474 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 457 | 0 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 436 | 0 | 436 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 439 | 0 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 441 | 0 | 441 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 433 | 0 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 430 | 0 | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 359 | – | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 341 | 0 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 329 | 0 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 334 | – | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 355 | – | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 349 | – | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 362 | – | 362 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 171 | 0 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 157 | 0 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 147 | 0 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 153 | 0 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 178 | 0 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 201 | 0 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 211 | 0 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 203 | 0 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 157 | 0 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |