Scoil Naisiunta Bhride
Clane · Roll number 19797E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 480
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +3%
- Up 12 from 468 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 480 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1982
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
480 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 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 49.8 |
| Senior Infants | 64 | 43 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 54.8 |
| 1st Class | 72 | 61 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 58.0 |
| 2nd Class | 72 | 70 | 60 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 61.0 |
| 3rd Class | 57 | 74 | 70 | 60 | 53 | 56 | 61.7 |
| 4th Class | 86 | 58 | 81 | 74 | 60 | 52 | 68.5 |
| 5th Class | 53 | 88 | 58 | 83 | 75 | 69 | 71.0 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 53 | 92 | 60 | 81 | 78 | 70.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
48 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 57 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2024/25
- 57Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 61 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 55Senior Infants2024/25
- 611st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
55 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 59 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 55Junior Infants2022/23
- 55Senior Infants2023/24
- 561st Class2024/25
- 592nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2021/22
- 55Senior Infants2022/23
- 511st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2020/21
- 43Senior Infants2021/22
- 471st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
64 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 69 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 64Senior Infants2020/21
- 611st Class2021/22
- 602nd Class2022/23
- 603rd Class2023/24
- 604th Class2024/25
- 695th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
72 in 1st Class (2020/21), 78 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 721st Class2020/21
- 702nd Class2021/22
- 703rd Class2022/23
- 744th Class2023/24
- 755th Class2024/25
- 786th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
72 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 81 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 722nd Class2020/21
- 743rd Class2021/22
- 814th Class2022/23
- 835th Class2023/24
- 816th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
57 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 573rd Class2020/21
- 584th Class2021/22
- 585th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
86 in 4th Class (2020/21), 92 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 864th Class2020/21
- 885th Class2021/22
- 926th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
53 in 5th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 535th Class2020/21
- 536th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +396th Class in 2022/23 (53 to 92)
- −326th Class in 2023/24 (92 to 60)
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 Naisiunta Bhride, 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
28.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers137.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 9 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9 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 Naisiunta Bhride, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naisiunta BhrideThis school | – | 480 |
+2.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks BNS0.1 km · Clane · Boys | 0.1 km | 488 |
−1.2%
|
| 2 | Hewetsons N S1.2 km · Clane · Church of Ireland | 1.2 km | 89 |
+3.5%
|
| 3 | Prosperous N S3.9 km · Naas | 3.9 km | 493 |
−7.7%
|
| 4 | Rathcoffey N S4.8 km · Rathcoffey South | 4.8 km | 215 |
−4.0%
|
| 5 | St Laurences National School5.2 km · Sallins | 5.2 km | 646 |
−8.6%
|
| 6 | Straffan N S6.0 km · Naas | 6.0 km | 401 |
+30.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Eimear Hennessy
- Phone
- 045868614
- [email protected]
- Address
- Prosperous Road, Clane, Co. Kildare, W91 PF77
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Prosperous–Clane
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
35 school years from 1982/83 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 48 | 57 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 52 | 69 | 78 |
| 2024/25 | 490 | 490 | – | 48 | 55 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 60 | 75 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 496 | 496 | 0 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 60 | 74 | 83 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 524 | 524 | – | 55 | 55 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 81 | 58 | 92 |
| 2021/22 | 502 | 502 | – | 49 | 43 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 58 | 88 | 53 |
| 2020/21 | 510 | 507 | 3 | 43 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 57 | 86 | 53 | 57 |
| 2019/20 | 521 | 518 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 515 | 512 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 496 | 493 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 470 | 470 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 468 | 468 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 429 | 429 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 422 | 422 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 422 | 422 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 434 | 434 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 435 | 435 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 431 | 431 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 419 | 419 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 400 | 400 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 383 | 383 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 384 | 384 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 382 | 382 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 370 | 370 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 343 | 343 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 330 | 330 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 334 | 334 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 336 | 336 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 334 | 334 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 330 | 330 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 330 | 330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 310 | 310 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 301 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 294 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 332 | 332 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 331 | 331 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |