Bennekerry National School
Bennekerry · Roll number 17501Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 377
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 56 from 433 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 188 / 189
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
377 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 | 32 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 37 | 47 | 43.2 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 33 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 39 | 44.2 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 53 | 33 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 46.0 |
| 2nd Class | 52 | 49 | 56 | 36 | 50 | 48 | 48.5 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 53 | 49 | 56 | 40 | 49 | 50.5 |
| 4th Class | 56 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 56 | 42 | 52.3 |
| 5th Class | 53 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 54.5 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 48 | 55.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
37 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 39 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2024/25
- 39Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 48Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 461st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
50 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 49 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 493rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 331st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 424th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 494th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 486th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
52 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 522nd Class2020/21
- 533rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 565th Class2023/24
- 576th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 574th Class2021/22
- 565th Class2022/23
- 566th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
56 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 564th Class2020/21
- 575th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
53 in 5th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 535th Class2020/21
- 556th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2021/22 (32 to 50)
- −201st Class in 2022/23 (53 to 33)
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 Bennekerry 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
22.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers137.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.5
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 special education teachers and 4 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 Bennekerry National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennekerry National SchoolThis school | – | 377 |
−12.9%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc2.9 km · Ceatharlach · Gaelscoil | 2.9 km | 444 |
−7.3%
|
| 2 | Holy Family National School3.0 km · Carlow · DEIS | 3.0 km | 592 | – |
| 3 | S N Muire gan Smal3.7 km · Carlow · Girls · DEIS | 3.7 km | 345 |
−21.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa3.7 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 3.7 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
| 5 | Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys SNR SCH3.9 km · Station Road · Boys · DEIS | 3.9 km | 165 |
−37.3%
|
| 6 | S N Ceatharlach4.3 km · Carlow · Church of Ireland | 4.3 km | 137 |
+3.8%
|
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
- Julie Fitzmaurice
- Phone
- 0599143495
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bennekerry, Co. Carlow, R93 D535
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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 377 | 188 | 189 | 47 | 39 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 42 | 56 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 383 | 197 | 186 | 37 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 40 | 56 | 49 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | 393 | 203 | 190 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 36 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 398 | 203 | 195 | 47 | 48 | 33 | 56 | 49 | 54 | 56 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 407 | 209 | 198 | 50 | 33 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 57 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | 407 | 216 | 191 | 32 | 51 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 424 | 217 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 425 | 214 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 428 | 204 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 426 | 201 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 433 | 207 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 431 | 208 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 399 | 199 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 369 | 179 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 342 | 169 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 329 | 171 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 309 | 162 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 300 | 156 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 274 | 139 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 242 | 118 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 256 | 123 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 260 | 122 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 259 | 117 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 240 | 102 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 234 | 101 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 238 | 102 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 231 | 95 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 206 | 99 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 179 | 83 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 165 | 85 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 169 | 85 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 170 | 82 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 178 | 85 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 245 | 115 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 247 | 120 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 252 | 122 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 255 | 117 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 258 | 115 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 276 | 130 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 265 | 130 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |