Aghards N S
Celbridge · Roll number 19794V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 660
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 38 from 698 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 335 / 325
- 51% 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
660 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 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 81.2 |
| Senior Infants | 80 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 80 | 84 | 81.5 |
| 1st Class | 84 | 81 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 82.3 |
| 2nd Class | 89 | 82 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 82.8 |
| 3rd Class | 90 | 88 | 83 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 84.0 |
| 4th Class | 81 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 83.8 |
| 5th Class | 88 | 79 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 84.2 |
| 6th Class | 88 | 87 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 84.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
84 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 84 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 84Junior Infants2024/25
- 84Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
80 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 81 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 80Junior Infants2023/24
- 80Senior Infants2024/25
- 811st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
83 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 83 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 83Junior Infants2022/23
- 84Senior Infants2023/24
- 841st Class2024/25
- 832nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
84 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 83 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2021/22
- 81Senior Infants2022/23
- 841st Class2023/24
- 832nd Class2024/25
- 833rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
79 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 84 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 79Junior Infants2020/21
- 80Senior Infants2021/22
- 801st Class2022/23
- 812nd Class2023/24
- 823rd Class2024/25
- 844th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
80 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 84 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 80Senior Infants2020/21
- 811st Class2021/22
- 792nd Class2022/23
- 783rd Class2023/24
- 824th Class2024/25
- 845th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
84 in 1st Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 841st Class2020/21
- 822nd Class2021/22
- 833rd Class2022/23
- 844th Class2023/24
- 845th Class2024/25
- 846th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
89 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 892nd Class2020/21
- 883rd Class2021/22
- 864th Class2022/23
- 865th Class2023/24
- 866th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
90 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 83 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils fewer.
- 903rd Class2020/21
- 864th Class2021/22
- 845th Class2022/23
- 836th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
81 in 4th Class (2020/21), 80 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 814th Class2020/21
- 795th Class2021/22
- 806th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
88 in 5th Class (2020/21), 87 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 885th Class2020/21
- 876th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +5Junior Infants in 2021/22 (79 to 84)
- −95th Class in 2021/22 (88 to 79)
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 Aghards 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
34teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 25 mainstream classes 25
- 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 teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6 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 Aghards N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghards N SThis school | – | 660 |
−5.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil na Mainistreach1.0 km · Celbridge | 1.0 km | 455 |
−16.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Brid1.1 km · Celbridge | 1.1 km | 240 |
−51.8%
|
| 3 | Primrose Hill NS1.6 km · Celbridge · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 109 |
−11.4%
|
| 4 | North Kildare Educate Together NS1.8 km · Celbridge · Multi-denominational | 1.8 km | 432 |
+57.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Padraig2.3 km · Celbridge | 2.3 km | 374 |
−3.4%
|
| 6 | Maynooth Educate Together National School3.2 km · Maynooth · Multi-denominational | 3.2 km | 415 |
+85.3%
|
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
- Catherine Carragher
- Phone
- 016272963
- [email protected]
- Address
- Scoil Mochua, Aghards Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, W23 YY00
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Celbridge
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 | 660 | 335 | 325 | 77 | 84 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 84 |
| 2024/25 | 665 | 342 | 323 | 84 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 86 |
| 2023/24 | 660 | 338 | 322 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 84 | 86 | 83 |
| 2022/23 | 656 | 334 | 322 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 80 |
| 2021/22 | 667 | 346 | 321 | 84 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 87 |
| 2020/21 | 679 | 351 | 328 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 81 | 88 | 88 |
| 2019/20 | 698 | 363 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 704 | 363 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 715 | 372 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 715 | 371 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 698 | 362 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 688 | 361 | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 690 | 367 | 323 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 683 | 354 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 660 | 355 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 632 | 334 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 606 | 319 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 595 | 311 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 607 | 309 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 620 | 311 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 626 | 297 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 597 | 272 | 325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 599 | 272 | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 612 | 278 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 620 | 289 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 641 | 288 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 604 | 269 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 640 | 292 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 652 | 298 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 667 | 302 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 674 | 303 | 371 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 721 | 300 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 763 | 313 | 450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |