S N Padraig Naofa
Kiltiernan · Roll number 17507F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 185
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 185 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 86 / 99
- 46% 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
185 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 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 17.7 |
| Senior Infants | 28 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 20.8 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20.8 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 20.7 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 22.0 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 23.2 |
| 5th Class | 16 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 22.5 |
| 6th Class | 16 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 28 | 19.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
15 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 22 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 221st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 163rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 28Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 275th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
16 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 162nd Class2020/21
- 163rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 216th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
16 in 5th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2021/22): 6 pupils fewer.
- 165th Class2020/21
- 106th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2022/23 (10 to 24)
- −14Senior Infants in 2021/22 (28 to 14)
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 S N Padraig Naofa, 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
11.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers65 hours of support teaching a week 2.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.83 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. 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 S N Padraig Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Padraig NaofaThis school | – | 185 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady of the Wayside NS2.1 km · Dublin 18 | 2.1 km | 292 |
−9.9%
|
| 2 | Kilternan Church of Ireland NS2.5 km · Dublin 18 · Church of Ireland | 2.5 km | 206 |
−11.2%
|
| 3 | S N Padraig Naofa4.0 km · Enniskerry | 4.0 km | 47 |
−33.8%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Thaobh na Coille4.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 18 · Gaelscoil | 4.1 km | 402 |
−9.0%
|
| 5 | Stepaside Educate Together National School4.2 km · Dublin 18 · Multi-denominational | 4.2 km | 542 |
+351.7%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua4.2 km · Baile Átha Cliath 18 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 4.2 km | 359 |
+529.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Ed Bourke
- Phone
- 012954255
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballybetagh Road, Kiltiernan, Co. Dublin, D18 H504
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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Kilternan
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 | 185 | 86 | 99 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 86 | 95 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 27 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 164 | 73 | 91 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | 174 | 79 | 95 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 23 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 159 | 70 | 89 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | 158 | 71 | 87 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 181 | 83 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 173 | 81 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 179 | 88 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 188 | 94 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 185 | 97 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 180 | 97 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 184 | 100 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 173 | 91 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 157 | 84 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 145 | 75 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 150 | 77 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 130 | 63 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 119 | 52 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 98 | 44 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 92 | 42 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 39 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 73 | 33 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 66 | 32 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 63 | 28 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 58 | 28 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 51 | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 44 | 20 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 37 | 16 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 38 | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 39 | 19 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 42 | 22 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 37 | 22 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 50 | 31 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 48 | 29 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 59 | 32 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 64 | 36 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 59 | 33 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 55 | 29 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 53 | 27 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 51 | 32 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |