S N Naomh Fhiach
Graiguecullen · Roll number 19958C
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 570
- −31 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 41 from 529 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 280 / 290
- 49% 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
570 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 | 72 | 63 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 50 | 67.2 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 66 | 68.7 |
| 1st Class | 88 | 62 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74.0 |
| 2nd Class | 72 | 86 | 65 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 73.0 |
| 3rd Class | 57 | 68 | 88 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71.5 |
| 4th Class | 74 | 56 | 81 | 90 | 74 | 72 | 74.5 |
| 5th Class | 75 | 74 | 59 | 83 | 89 | 74 | 75.7 |
| 6th Class | 77 | 73 | 78 | 62 | 82 | 90 | 77.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
70 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 66 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 70Junior Infants2024/25
- 66Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
73 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 73 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 73Junior Infants2023/24
- 75Senior Infants2024/25
- 731st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
75 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 72 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 75Junior Infants2022/23
- 74Senior Infants2023/24
- 721st Class2024/25
- 722nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
63 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 73 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 63Junior Infants2021/22
- 68Senior Infants2022/23
- 721st Class2023/24
- 682nd Class2024/25
- 733rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
72 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 72 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 72Junior Infants2020/21
- 68Senior Infants2021/22
- 771st Class2022/23
- 752nd Class2023/24
- 713rd Class2024/25
- 724th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 74 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 621st Class2021/22
- 652nd Class2022/23
- 723rd Class2023/24
- 744th Class2024/25
- 745th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
88 in 1st Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 881st Class2020/21
- 862nd Class2021/22
- 883rd Class2022/23
- 904th Class2023/24
- 895th Class2024/25
- 906th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
72 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2024/25): 10 pupils more.
- 722nd Class2020/21
- 683rd Class2021/22
- 814th Class2022/23
- 835th Class2023/24
- 826th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
57 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 573rd Class2020/21
- 564th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 626th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
74 in 4th Class (2020/21), 78 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 744th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 786th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
75 in 5th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 755th Class2020/21
- 736th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +254th Class in 2022/23 (56 to 81)
- −261st Class in 2021/22 (88 to 62)
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 S N Naomh Fhiach, 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
35teaching posts
Our estimate: about 35 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 23 mainstream classes 23
- 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 teachers250 hours of support teaching a week 10
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 9.6 special education teachers and 5.83 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 S N Naomh Fhiach, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh FhiachThis school | – | 570 |
+7.8%
|
|
| 1 | Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys SNR SCH1.5 km · Station Road · Boys · DEIS | 1.5 km | 165 |
−37.3%
|
| 2 | S N Ceatharlach1.5 km · Carlow · Church of Ireland | 1.5 km | 137 |
+3.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa1.5 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 1.5 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
| 4 | S N Muire gan Smal1.5 km · Carlow · Girls · DEIS | 1.5 km | 345 |
−21.1%
|
| 5 | Holy Family National School2.2 km · Carlow · DEIS | 2.2 km | 592 | – |
| 6 | Carlow Educate Together NS2.3 km · Carlow · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 2.3 km | 389 |
+61.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- John Brennan
- Phone
- 0599132444
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killeshin Road, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow, R93 KT68
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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 | 570 | 280 | 290 | 50 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 90 |
| 2024/25 | 601 | 301 | 300 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 89 | 82 |
| 2023/24 | 601 | 296 | 305 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 90 | 83 | 62 |
| 2022/23 | 591 | 284 | 307 | 75 | 68 | 77 | 65 | 88 | 81 | 59 | 78 |
| 2021/22 | 550 | 262 | 288 | 63 | 68 | 62 | 86 | 68 | 56 | 74 | 73 |
| 2020/21 | 576 | 264 | 312 | 72 | 61 | 88 | 72 | 57 | 74 | 75 | 77 |
| 2019/20 | 589 | 259 | 330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 600 | 266 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 578 | 257 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 531 | 248 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 529 | 243 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 531 | 249 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 516 | 248 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 517 | 253 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 503 | 236 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 516 | 238 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 521 | 245 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 483 | 226 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 480 | 233 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 419 | 208 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 370 | 180 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 366 | 178 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 355 | 177 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 358 | 175 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 362 | 167 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 365 | 169 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 344 | 151 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 368 | 160 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 358 | 161 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 362 | 163 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 381 | 168 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 403 | 190 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 413 | 193 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |