Scoil Bhride NS
Portlaoise · Roll number 19747M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 727
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 29 from 756 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 384 / 343
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
727 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 | 93 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 81.8 |
| Senior Infants | 88 | 97 | 98 | 81 | 92 | 77 | 88.8 |
| 1st Class | 93 | 90 | 97 | 97 | 80 | 95 | 92.0 |
| 2nd Class | 93 | 91 | 104 | 96 | 97 | 82 | 93.8 |
| 3rd Class | 93 | 91 | 89 | 103 | 99 | 103 | 96.3 |
| 4th Class | 107 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 102 | 101 | 96.2 |
| 5th Class | 111 | 106 | 101 | 96 | 86 | 103 | 100.5 |
| 6th Class | 92 | 117 | 108 | 101 | 97 | 88 | 100.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
76 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 77 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 76Junior Infants2024/25
- 77Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
80 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 95 in 1st Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 80Junior Infants2023/24
- 92Senior Infants2024/25
- 951st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
80 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 82 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 80Junior Infants2022/23
- 81Senior Infants2023/24
- 801st Class2024/25
- 822nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
84 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 103 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 84Junior Infants2021/22
- 98Senior Infants2022/23
- 971st Class2023/24
- 972nd Class2024/25
- 1033rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
93 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 101 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 93Junior Infants2020/21
- 97Senior Infants2021/22
- 971st Class2022/23
- 962nd Class2023/24
- 993rd Class2024/25
- 1014th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
88 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 103 in 5th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 88Senior Infants2020/21
- 901st Class2021/22
- 1042nd Class2022/23
- 1033rd Class2023/24
- 1024th Class2024/25
- 1035th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
93 in 1st Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 931st Class2020/21
- 912nd Class2021/22
- 893rd Class2022/23
- 874th Class2023/24
- 865th Class2024/25
- 886th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
93 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 97 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 932nd Class2020/21
- 913rd Class2021/22
- 904th Class2022/23
- 965th Class2023/24
- 976th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
93 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 101 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 933rd Class2020/21
- 904th Class2021/22
- 1015th Class2022/23
- 1016th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
107 in 4th Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 1074th Class2020/21
- 1065th Class2021/22
- 1086th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
111 in 5th Class (2020/21), 117 in 6th Class (2021/22): 6 pupils more.
- 1115th Class2020/21
- 1176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +256th Class in 2021/22 (92 to 117)
- −174th Class in 2021/22 (107 to 90)
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 Bhride 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
56.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 56 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 36 mainstream classes 36
- 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 teachers410 hours of support teaching a week 16.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
15.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 16.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 15.66 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 Bhride NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhride NSThis school | – | 727 |
−3.8%
|
|
| 1 | Maryboro N S2.2 km · Portlaoise · Church of Ireland | 2.2 km | 96 |
−1.0%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Phort Laoise2.2 km · Portlaoise · Gaelscoil | 2.2 km | 369 |
+24.2%
|
| 3 | Portlaoise Educate Together NS2.2 km · Portlaoise · Multi-denominational | 2.2 km | 457 |
+29.1%
|
| 4 | Holy Family Junior School2.7 km · Portlaoise | 2.7 km | 599 | – |
| 5 | Holy Family Senior School2.7 km · Portlaoise | 2.7 km | 644 | – |
| 6 | Barr na Sruthan N S6.3 km · Mountmellick · DEIS | 6.3 km | 91 |
+42.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Michael Mc Evoy
- Phone
- 0578620287
- [email protected]
- Address
- Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 EV18
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Portlaoise
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 727 | 384 | 343 | 78 | 77 | 95 | 82 | 103 | 101 | 103 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 737 | 385 | 352 | 76 | 92 | 80 | 97 | 99 | 102 | 86 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 753 | 397 | 356 | 80 | 81 | 97 | 96 | 103 | 87 | 96 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 778 | 413 | 365 | 80 | 98 | 97 | 104 | 89 | 90 | 101 | 108 |
| 2021/22 | 777 | 398 | 379 | 84 | 97 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 106 | 117 |
| 2020/21 | 782 | 395 | 387 | 93 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 107 | 111 | 92 |
| 2019/20 | 772 | 390 | 382 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 775 | 380 | 395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 755 | 367 | 388 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 754 | 367 | 387 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 756 | 362 | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 757 | 374 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 756 | 383 | 373 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 748 | 378 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 736 | 369 | 367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 731 | 380 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 684 | 343 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 654 | 333 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 570 | 286 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 490 | 256 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 461 | 235 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 419 | 209 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 429 | 205 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 424 | 209 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 428 | 212 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 469 | 229 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 475 | 237 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 500 | 242 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 525 | 239 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 553 | 256 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 562 | 262 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 560 | 257 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 545 | 253 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |