Scoil Mhichil Naofa
Athy · Roll number 18288B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 496
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −26%
- Down 173 from 669 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 240 / 256
- 48% 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
496 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 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 43 | 62 | 48.7 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 39 | 45 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 50.5 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 58 | 39 | 48 | 62 | 62 | 53.3 |
| 2nd Class | 66 | 53 | 59 | 47 | 54 | 66 | 57.5 |
| 3rd Class | 67 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 60 | 57.3 |
| 4th Class | 76 | 64 | 58 | 58 | 63 | 56 | 62.5 |
| 5th Class | 72 | 74 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 72 | 66.7 |
| 6th Class | 87 | 75 | 76 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 73.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
51 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 62 in 1st Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2023/24
- 57Senior Infants2024/25
- 621st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 66 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 58Senior Infants2023/24
- 621st Class2024/25
- 662nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 60 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 45Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 603rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
37 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2020/21
- 39Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 472nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 72 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 592nd Class2022/23
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 634th Class2024/25
- 725th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils more.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 553rd Class2022/23
- 584th Class2023/24
- 555th Class2024/25
- 736th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
66 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 662nd Class2020/21
- 573rd Class2021/22
- 584th Class2022/23
- 635th Class2023/24
- 666th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
67 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 673rd Class2020/21
- 644th Class2021/22
- 645th Class2022/23
- 666th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
76 in 4th Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 764th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 766th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
72 in 5th Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 725th Class2020/21
- 756th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +19Junior Infants in 2025/26 (43 to 62)
- −20Senior Infants in 2021/22 (59 to 39)
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 Scoil Mhichil 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
45.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 45 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers285 hours of support teaching a week 11.4
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes, an early intervention class, a mild general learning disability class and a moderate general learning disability class 8
17.24 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 51 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.4 special education teachers, 8 special class teachers and 15.24 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 Scoil Mhichil Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhichil NaofaThis school | – | 496 |
−25.9%
|
|
| 1 | Athy Model School1.1 km · Athy · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 90 |
−4.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Phadraig Naofa1.1 km · Baile Átha Í · DEIS | 1.1 km | 592 |
+19.8%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Átha Í1.1 km · Baile Átha Í · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational · DEIS | 1.1 km | 151 |
−30.7%
|
| 4 | Shanganamore N S4.6 km · Athy | 4.6 km | 106 |
−11.7%
|
| 5 | Ballyroe Central N S4.8 km · Athy · DEIS | 4.8 km | 18 |
−33.3%
|
| 6 | Churchtown N S5.0 km · Athy | 5.0 km | 55 |
−52.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Pauline O'Shea
- Phone
- 0598631794
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mount Hawkins, Athy, Co. Kildare, R14 XD86
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Athy
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 | 496 | 240 | 256 | 62 | 45 | 62 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 72 | 73 |
| 2024/25 | 502 | 237 | 265 | 43 | 57 | 62 | 54 | 51 | 63 | 55 | 66 |
| 2023/24 | 499 | 245 | 254 | 51 | 58 | 48 | 47 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 66 |
| 2022/23 | 502 | 239 | 263 | 54 | 45 | 39 | 59 | 55 | 58 | 64 | 76 |
| 2021/22 | 518 | 244 | 274 | 45 | 39 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 64 | 74 | 75 |
| 2020/21 | 565 | 271 | 294 | 37 | 59 | 51 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 72 | 87 |
| 2019/20 | 621 | 305 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 612 | 306 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 641 | 329 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 653 | 337 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 669 | 375 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 638 | 384 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 644 | 417 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 613 | 432 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 685 | 477 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 717 | 490 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 746 | 511 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 743 | 505 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 730 | 492 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 659 | 450 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 564 | 386 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 522 | 363 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 492 | 343 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 498 | 354 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 463 | 330 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 454 | 324 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 487 | 345 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 532 | 370 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 557 | 386 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 554 | 395 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 544 | 401 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 575 | 422 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 599 | 430 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 798 | 558 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 824 | 604 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 828 | 590 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 866 | 615 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 880 | 629 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 874 | 627 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 866 | 621 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 873 | 623 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 850 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 832 | 604 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |