Kilkenny School Project
Kilkenny · Roll number 19905E
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 236
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −1%
- Down 3 from 239 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 120 / 116
- 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
236 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 | 47 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 30.3 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 46 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 29.8 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 26 | 51 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 31.3 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 27 | 26 | 52 | 28 | 28 | 31.3 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 53 | 27 | 31.0 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 53 | 30.3 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26.5 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
26 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 26 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 261st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 534th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +273rd Class in 2024/25 (26 to 53)
- −263rd Class in 2025/26 (53 to 27)
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 Kilkenny School Project, 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
13teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
4.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers and 4.5 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 Kilkenny School Project, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkenny School ProjectThis school | – | 236 |
−1.3%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Osrai0.4 km · Cill Chainnigh · Gaelscoil | 0.4 km | 438 |
+0.5%
|
| 2 | S N Padraig Naofa0.8 km · Kilkenny · Boys | 0.8 km | 331 |
−4.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea0.9 km · Kilkenny · Girls | 0.9 km | 330 |
−2.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire1.5 km · Kilkenny | 1.5 km | 400 |
−7.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Iognaid de Ris1.5 km · Kilkenny | 1.5 km | 278 |
+33.7%
|
| 6 | St. John's National School2.3 km · Kilkenny · DEIS | 2.3 km | 441 | – |
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
- Ann Marie O'Keeffe
- Phone
- 0567751407
- [email protected]
- Address
- Springfields, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 VX31
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Kilkenny School Project
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Kilkenny
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 | 236 | 120 | 116 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 53 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 240 | 118 | 122 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 53 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 240 | 118 | 122 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 52 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 239 | 115 | 124 | 28 | 29 | 51 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 235 | 123 | 112 | 29 | 46 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 232 | 125 | 107 | 47 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 234 | 125 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 239 | 122 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 242 | 128 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 239 | 120 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 239 | 119 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 245 | 119 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 249 | 109 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 246 | 107 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 240 | 106 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 243 | 116 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 252 | 114 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 237 | 107 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 232 | 105 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 241 | 108 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 233 | 109 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 239 | 123 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 244 | 120 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 245 | 119 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 241 | 127 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 245 | 127 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 258 | 134 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 262 | 138 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 272 | 134 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 267 | 128 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 266 | 126 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 258 | 117 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 264 | 117 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |