St Brigids N S
Kilcullen · Roll number 19675N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 598
- −36 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 36 from 634 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 317 / 281
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
598 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 | 60 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 69 | 54 | 64.5 |
| Senior Infants | 79 | 60 | 77 | 74 | 60 | 72 | 70.3 |
| 1st Class | 67 | 80 | 63 | 79 | 76 | 66 | 71.8 |
| 2nd Class | 85 | 68 | 82 | 70 | 81 | 79 | 77.5 |
| 3rd Class | 83 | 85 | 70 | 89 | 69 | 83 | 79.8 |
| 4th Class | 83 | 88 | 92 | 72 | 90 | 74 | 83.2 |
| 5th Class | 97 | 83 | 91 | 98 | 74 | 98 | 90.2 |
| 6th Class | 92 | 97 | 84 | 95 | 97 | 72 | 89.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
69 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 72 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 69Junior Infants2024/25
- 72Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
59 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 66 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2023/24
- 60Senior Infants2024/25
- 661st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
69 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 79 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 69Junior Infants2022/23
- 74Senior Infants2023/24
- 761st Class2024/25
- 792nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
76 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 83 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 76Junior Infants2021/22
- 77Senior Infants2022/23
- 791st Class2023/24
- 812nd Class2024/25
- 833rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 74 in 4th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 60Junior Infants2020/21
- 60Senior Infants2021/22
- 631st Class2022/23
- 702nd Class2023/24
- 693rd Class2024/25
- 744th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
79 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 98 in 5th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 79Senior Infants2020/21
- 801st Class2021/22
- 822nd Class2022/23
- 893rd Class2023/24
- 904th Class2024/25
- 985th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
67 in 1st Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 671st Class2020/21
- 682nd Class2021/22
- 703rd Class2022/23
- 724th Class2023/24
- 745th Class2024/25
- 726th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
85 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 97 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 852nd Class2020/21
- 853rd Class2021/22
- 924th Class2022/23
- 985th Class2023/24
- 976th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
83 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 95 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 833rd Class2020/21
- 884th Class2021/22
- 915th Class2022/23
- 956th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
83 in 4th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 834th Class2020/21
- 835th Class2021/22
- 846th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
97 in 5th Class (2020/21), 97 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 975th Class2020/21
- 976th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +245th Class in 2025/26 (74 to 98)
- −256th Class in 2025/26 (97 to 72)
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 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
40.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 40 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 26 mainstream classes 26
- 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 teachers237.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.5
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
15.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.2 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 15.49 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 N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids N SThis school | – | 598 |
−5.7%
|
|
| 1 | Brannoxtown Community N S3.7 km · Naas · Multi-denominational | 3.7 km | 83 |
+29.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bride3.9 km · The Curragh | 3.9 km | 304 |
−7.9%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Ioseph4.5 km · Kilcullen | 4.5 km | 51 |
−31.1%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Chill Dara5.0 km · Newbridge · Gaelscoil | 5.0 km | 288 |
−33.6%
|
| 5 | Newbridge Educate Together NS5.1 km · The Curragh · Multi-denominational | 5.1 km | 406 |
+2.3%
|
| 6 | St Brigids N S5.4 km · Curragh | 5.4 km | 167 |
−13.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Sarah FitzPatrick
- Phone
- 045481428
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, R56 RK83
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Kilcullen
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
37 school years from 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 598 | 317 | 281 | 54 | 72 | 66 | 79 | 83 | 74 | 98 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 634 | 337 | 297 | 69 | 60 | 76 | 81 | 69 | 90 | 74 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 654 | 330 | 324 | 59 | 74 | 79 | 70 | 89 | 72 | 98 | 95 |
| 2022/23 | 645 | 325 | 320 | 69 | 77 | 63 | 82 | 70 | 92 | 91 | 84 |
| 2021/22 | 655 | 320 | 335 | 76 | 60 | 80 | 68 | 85 | 88 | 83 | 97 |
| 2020/21 | 664 | 330 | 334 | 60 | 79 | 67 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 97 | 92 |
| 2019/20 | 688 | 330 | 358 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 690 | 332 | 358 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 683 | 331 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 663 | 320 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 634 | 312 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 584 | 290 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 532 | 268 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 504 | 255 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 483 | 246 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 467 | 233 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 462 | 241 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 451 | 230 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 450 | 236 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 438 | 229 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 430 | 230 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 394 | 211 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 335 | 184 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 274 | 147 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 242 | 123 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 242 | 119 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 250 | 127 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 262 | 130 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 260 | 129 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 264 | 125 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 268 | 121 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 275 | 122 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 309 | 140 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 511 | 238 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 527 | 236 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 481 | 212 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 440 | 211 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |