Burnchurch National School
Cuffesgrange Kilkenny · Roll number 17675D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 44
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −39%
- Down 28 from 72 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 18 / 26
- 41% 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
44 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 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Senior Infants | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 1st Class | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 2nd Class | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6.0 |
| 3rd Class | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8.7 |
| 5th Class | 7 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9.2 |
| 6th Class | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 4 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 4Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
1 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 0 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1Junior Infants2023/24
- 1Senior Infants2024/25
- 01st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
5 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 7 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 5Junior Infants2022/23
- 7Senior Infants2023/24
- 61st Class2024/25
- 72nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 6Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 42nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 41st Class2022/23
- 52nd Class2023/24
- 53rd Class2024/25
- 64th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 9Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 92nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 114th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
8 in 1st Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 81st Class2020/21
- 82nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 76th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
3 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 32nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 55th Class2023/24
- 46th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
10 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 103rd Class2020/21
- 114th Class2021/22
- 125th Class2022/23
- 126th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
7 in 5th Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 75th Class2020/21
- 76th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +65th Class in 2021/22 (7 to 13)
- −86th Class in 2024/25 (12 to 4)
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 Burnchurch 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
5.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers35 hours of support teaching a week 1.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3.5 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. 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 Burnchurch National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnchurch National SchoolThis school | – | 44 |
−38.9%
|
|
| 1 | Church Hill Mixed N S2.9 km · Cuffesgrange | 2.9 km | 192 |
+20.0%
|
| 2 | St Michaels National School3.8 km · Danesfort | 3.8 km | 63 |
+34.0%
|
| 3 | S N Bhridhe4.4 km · Kells | 4.4 km | 27 |
+8.0%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil McAuley Rice6.8 km · Callan | 6.8 km | 406 |
+6.8%
|
| 5 | S N Chiaran Naofa6.8 km · Stoneyford | 6.8 km | 142 |
+49.5%
|
| 6 | Kilkenny School Project7.6 km · Kilkenny · Multi-denominational | 7.6 km | 236 |
−1.3%
|
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
- Alanna Nichol
- Phone
- 0567729138
- [email protected]
- Address
- Burnchurch, Cuffesgrange Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, R95 RT02
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Callan
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 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 61 | 30 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 60 | 28 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 58 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 61 | 32 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 61 | 29 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 78 | 37 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 72 | 36 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 70 | 32 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 65 | 33 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 67 | 35 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 61 | 31 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 60 | 32 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 58 | 30 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 50 | 26 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 44 | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 43 | 23 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 37 | 17 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 35 | 19 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 33 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 23 | 15 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 23 | 15 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 25 | 17 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 36 | 23 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 31 | 19 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 39 | 23 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 35 | 17 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 39 | 21 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 48 | 23 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 60 | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 63 | 26 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 55 | 23 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 44 | 19 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 45 | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 40 | 24 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 39 | 21 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 30 | 19 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 26 | 16 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |