St Brigids NS
Limerick · Roll number 19475F
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 457
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 19 from 476 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 224 / 233
- 49% 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
457 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 | 44 | 51 | 54 | 65 | 59 | 51 | 54.0 |
| Senior Infants | 62 | 44 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 57 | 55.5 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 61 | 46 | 55 | 51 | 66 | 54.5 |
| 2nd Class | 49 | 50 | 61 | 51 | 54 | 52 | 52.8 |
| 3rd Class | 65 | 50 | 51 | 68 | 49 | 55 | 56.3 |
| 4th Class | 60 | 63 | 49 | 52 | 70 | 51 | 57.5 |
| 5th Class | 66 | 61 | 62 | 54 | 55 | 70 | 61.3 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 65 | 63 | 64 | 55 | 55 | 59.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
59 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 57 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2024/25
- 57Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
65 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 66 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 65Junior Infants2023/24
- 66Senior Infants2024/25
- 661st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 511st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 55 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 553rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 44Senior Infants2021/22
- 461st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
62 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 70 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 62Senior Infants2020/21
- 611st Class2021/22
- 612nd Class2022/23
- 683rd Class2023/24
- 704th Class2024/25
- 705th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 502nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 555th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
49 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 492nd Class2020/21
- 503rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
65 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 653rd Class2020/21
- 634th Class2021/22
- 625th Class2022/23
- 646th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
60 in 4th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 604th Class2020/21
- 615th Class2021/22
- 636th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
66 in 5th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 665th Class2020/21
- 656th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +184th Class in 2024/25 (52 to 70)
- −193rd Class in 2024/25 (68 to 49)
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 Brigids NS, 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
32.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers283 hours of support teaching a week 11.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.33 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 St Brigids NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids NSThis school | – | 457 |
−4.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Padraig Naofa B1.0 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 197 |
−10.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Padraig Naofa C1.1 km · Limerick · Girls · DEIS | 1.1 km | 197 |
−14.7%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Sheoirse1.2 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.2 km | 82 |
−9.9%
|
| 4 | Le Chéile National School1.3 km · Limerick · DEIS | 1.3 km | 174 |
−7.4%
|
| 5 | St John the Baptist Boys N S1.3 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 1.3 km | 68 |
+83.8%
|
| 6 | St Johns Convent1.4 km · Limerick · DEIS | 1.4 km | 223 |
−25.4%
|
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
- Sarah Ryan
- Phone
- 061414319
- [email protected]
- Address
- Singland, Limerick, V94 FN12
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick City Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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 | 457 | 224 | 233 | 51 | 57 | 66 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 70 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 465 | 233 | 232 | 59 | 66 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 70 | 55 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 469 | 231 | 238 | 65 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 68 | 52 | 54 | 64 |
| 2022/23 | 442 | 205 | 237 | 54 | 50 | 46 | 61 | 51 | 49 | 62 | 63 |
| 2021/22 | 451 | 221 | 230 | 51 | 44 | 61 | 50 | 50 | 63 | 61 | 65 |
| 2020/21 | 450 | 216 | 234 | 44 | 62 | 48 | 49 | 65 | 60 | 66 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 476 | 229 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 468 | 229 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 477 | 231 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 486 | 229 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 476 | 223 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 478 | 226 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 463 | 221 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 469 | 224 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 418 | 195 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 427 | 202 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 428 | 193 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 423 | 194 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 412 | 195 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 394 | 192 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 389 | 186 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 381 | 180 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 399 | 200 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 399 | 202 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 391 | 197 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 375 | 191 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 382 | 196 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 375 | 185 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 392 | 189 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 431 | 202 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 442 | 219 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 476 | 233 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 491 | 254 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 431 | 230 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 419 | 222 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 398 | 201 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 373 | 187 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 315 | 163 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 266 | 136 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 228 | 115 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 167 | 87 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |