Scoil Mhuire Junior
Newbridge · Roll number 19550Q
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 333
- −18 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 90 from 423 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 165 / 168
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
333 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 | 80 | 92 | 79 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 78.8 |
| Senior Infants | 100 | 75 | 95 | 89 | 76 | 78 | 85.5 |
| 1st Class | 104 | 97 | 81 | 97 | 98 | 82 | 93.2 |
| 2nd Class | 90 | 102 | 102 | 87 | 94 | 101 | 96.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
77 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 78 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 77Junior Infants2024/25
- 78Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
73 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 82 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 73Junior Infants2023/24
- 76Senior Infants2024/25
- 821st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
79 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 101 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 22 pupils more.
- 79Junior Infants2022/23
- 89Senior Infants2023/24
- 981st Class2024/25
- 1012nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
92 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 92 pupils fewer.
- 92Junior Infants2021/22
- 95Senior Infants2022/23
- 971st Class2023/24
- 942nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
80 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 80 pupils fewer.
- 80Junior Infants2020/21
- 75Senior Infants2021/22
- 811st Class2022/23
- 872nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
100 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 100 pupils fewer.
- 100Senior Infants2020/21
- 971st Class2021/22
- 1022nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
104 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 104 pupils fewer.
- 1041st Class2020/21
- 1022nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +20Senior Infants in 2022/23 (75 to 95)
- −25Senior Infants in 2021/22 (100 to 75)
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 Mhuire Junior, 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
24.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers190 hours of support teaching a week 7.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
10.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 10.99 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 Mhuire Junior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire JuniorThis school | – | 333 |
−21.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire0.1 km · Newbridge · DEIS | 0.1 km | 389 |
−5.6%
|
| 2 | St Patricks N S0.5 km · Newbridge · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.5 km | 187 |
−12.6%
|
| 3 | Newbridge Educate Together NS1.7 km · The Curragh · Multi-denominational | 1.7 km | 406 |
+2.3%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Chill Dara1.7 km · Newbridge · Gaelscoil | 1.7 km | 288 |
−33.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Chonnla Phadraig1.9 km · Newbridge | 1.9 km | 306 |
−11.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil na Naomh Uilig2.0 km · Newbridge | 2.0 km | 589 |
+11.1%
|
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
- Bairbre Elwood
- Phone
- 045432400
- [email protected]
- Address
- Standhouse Rd., Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 ED88
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Newbridge
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
41 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 333 | 165 | 168 | 72 | 78 | 82 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 351 | 172 | 179 | 77 | 76 | 98 | 94 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 352 | 165 | 187 | 73 | 89 | 97 | 87 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 363 | 168 | 195 | 79 | 95 | 81 | 102 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 372 | 173 | 199 | 92 | 75 | 97 | 102 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 380 | 174 | 206 | 80 | 100 | 104 | 90 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 379 | 169 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 396 | 179 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 406 | 199 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 424 | 210 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 423 | 209 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 424 | 214 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 428 | 200 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 436 | 200 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 440 | 211 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 431 | 208 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 441 | 210 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 425 | 195 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 429 | 189 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 455 | 190 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 449 | 202 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 467 | 228 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 464 | 228 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 477 | 248 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 499 | 255 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 452 | 224 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 445 | 215 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 442 | 217 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 439 | 211 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 443 | 217 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 442 | 214 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 451 | 230 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 475 | 244 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 448 | 221 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 420 | 200 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 395 | 179 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 341 | 150 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 300 | 136 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 237 | 105 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 192 | 88 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 115 | 53 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |