Scoil Ui Fhiaich
Maigh Nuad · Roll number 20058T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 459
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 20 from 479 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 216 / 243
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1997
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
459 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 | 62 | 57 | 59 | 56 | 60 | 56 | 58.3 |
| Senior Infants | 58 | 62 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 60 | 58.8 |
| 1st Class | 66 | 60 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 59.8 |
| 2nd Class | 57 | 64 | 58 | 61 | 56 | 56 | 58.7 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 55 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 56.3 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 56.7 |
| 5th Class | 55 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 58 | 56.0 |
| 6th Class | 61 | 54 | 57 | 50 | 52 | 59 | 55.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
60 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 60 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 60Junior Infants2024/25
- 60Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 56 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 56Senior Infants2024/25
- 561st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
59 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2022/23
- 59Senior Infants2023/24
- 571st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
57 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 57Junior Infants2021/22
- 58Senior Infants2022/23
- 581st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
62 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 62Junior Infants2020/21
- 62Senior Infants2021/22
- 621st Class2022/23
- 612nd Class2023/24
- 583rd Class2024/25
- 584th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 58Senior Infants2020/21
- 601st Class2021/22
- 582nd Class2022/23
- 583rd Class2023/24
- 584th Class2024/25
- 585th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
66 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 661st Class2020/21
- 642nd Class2021/22
- 633rd Class2022/23
- 614th Class2023/24
- 615th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
57 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 572nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 554th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
55 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 555th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +83rd Class in 2022/23 (55 to 63)
- −84th Class in 2021/22 (58 to 50)
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 Ui Fhiaich, 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
25.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers140 hours of support teaching a week 5.6
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 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 Scoil Ui Fhiaich, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Ui FhiaichThis school | – | 459 |
−4.2%
|
|
| 1 | Maynooth Educate Together National School0.1 km · Maynooth · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 415 |
+85.3%
|
| 2 | Presentation Girls Primary School1.6 km · Maynooth · Girls | 1.6 km | 621 |
+15.0%
|
| 3 | Maynooth B N S1.8 km · Maynooth · Boys | 1.8 km | 595 |
+13.3%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ruairí2.9 km · Maigh Nuad · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 2.9 km | 173 | – |
| 5 | Aghards N S3.2 km · Celbridge | 3.2 km | 660 |
−5.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil na Mainistreach3.8 km · Celbridge | 3.8 km | 455 |
−16.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Deaglán O'Driscoll
- Phone
- 016290667
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóthar Chill Droichid, Maigh Nuad, Co. Chill Dara, W23 T207
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Maynooth
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
29 school years from 1997/98 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 459 | 216 | 243 | 56 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 458 | 217 | 241 | 60 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 457 | 221 | 236 | 56 | 59 | 58 | 61 | 58 | 61 | 54 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 462 | 227 | 235 | 59 | 58 | 62 | 58 | 63 | 55 | 50 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 460 | 222 | 238 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 64 | 55 | 50 | 58 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 465 | 233 | 232 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 58 | 55 | 61 |
| 2019/20 | 466 | 229 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 472 | 237 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 473 | 238 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 476 | 234 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 479 | 231 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 471 | 224 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 474 | 226 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 471 | 224 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 480 | 232 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 474 | 237 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 463 | 223 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 433 | 212 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 402 | 191 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 359 | 177 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 306 | 152 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 268 | 139 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 220 | 119 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 164 | 92 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 120 | 69 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 98 | 58 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 73 | 43 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 47 | 23 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 33 | 15 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |