St Aidans N S
Kilmanagh · Roll number 19344N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 175
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 11 from 186 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 80
- 54% 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
175 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 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 20.2 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 16 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 20 | 22.2 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 23.3 |
| 2nd Class | 21 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 24.2 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 22.8 |
| 4th Class | 34 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 24.7 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25.0 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 17 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 24.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 20 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 20Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 164th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
21 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 212nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
34 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 344th Class2020/21
- 335th Class2021/22
- 336th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +165th Class in 2021/22 (17 to 33)
- −121st Class in 2025/26 (30 to 18)
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 St Aidans 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
10.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 St Aidans N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidans N SThis school | – | 175 |
−5.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Tulach Ruain5.1 km · Tullaroan | 5.1 km | 91 |
+1.1%
|
| 2 | Church Hill Mixed N S8.0 km · Cuffesgrange | 8.0 km | 192 |
+20.0%
|
| 3 | Slieveardagh N S8.2 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.2 km | 24 |
−53.8%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil McAuley Rice8.3 km · Callan | 8.3 km | 406 |
+6.8%
|
| 5 | Our Lady's National School8.7 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.7 km | 71 |
−26.0%
|
| 6 | Burnchurch National School9.9 km · Cuffesgrange Kilkenny | 9.9 km | 44 |
−38.9%
|
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
- Robert Byrne
- Phone
- 0567769340
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilmanagh, Co Kilkenny, R95 XN76
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- 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 | 175 | 95 | 80 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 95 | 90 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 188 | 95 | 93 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 202 | 93 | 109 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 187 | 81 | 106 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 185 | 80 | 105 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 193 | 86 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 186 | 82 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 190 | 75 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 193 | 82 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 186 | 86 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 186 | 85 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 195 | 94 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 192 | 94 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 188 | 83 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 193 | 88 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 185 | 95 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 182 | 93 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 188 | 93 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 168 | 83 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 161 | 80 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 158 | 80 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 154 | 84 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 156 | 83 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 164 | 85 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 173 | 88 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 159 | 81 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 164 | 76 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 162 | 72 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 160 | 70 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 153 | 66 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 146 | 57 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 142 | 54 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 223 | 102 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 219 | 102 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 212 | 101 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 200 | 92 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 202 | 93 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 205 | 93 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 189 | 88 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 186 | 87 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 172 | 84 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |