Scoil Naomh Padraig
Celbridge · Roll number 20257C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 374
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 13 from 387 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 177 / 197
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
374 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 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 49 | 38 | 27 | 41.3 |
| Senior Infants | 52 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 47.5 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 51 | 45 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 48.7 |
| 2nd Class | 43 | 46 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 49.2 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 43 | 49 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 49.8 |
| 4th Class | 55 | 55 | 44 | 45 | 51 | 52 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 53 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 53.0 |
| 6th Class | 51 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 51 | 52.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 42 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 42Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
42 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 48 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 491st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 483rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2020/21
- 47Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 502nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 52Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 555th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 454th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
43 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 432nd Class2020/21
- 433rd Class2021/22
- 444th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 554th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 556th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
55 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 554th Class2020/21
- 545th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
53 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 535th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +82nd Class in 2022/23 (46 to 54)
- −133rd Class in 2021/22 (56 to 43)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Naomh Padraig, 2007/08 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
23.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
4.08 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers and 4.91 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Naomh Padraig, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh PadraigThis school | – | 374 |
−3.4%
|
|
| 1 | Primrose Hill NS0.7 km · Celbridge · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 109 |
−11.4%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Brid1.1 km · Celbridge | 1.1 km | 240 |
−51.8%
|
| 3 | North Kildare Educate Together NS1.9 km · Celbridge · Multi-denominational | 1.9 km | 432 |
+57.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil na Mainistreach1.9 km · Celbridge | 1.9 km | 455 |
−16.8%
|
| 5 | Aghards N S2.3 km · Celbridge | 2.3 km | 660 |
−5.4%
|
| 6 | Leixlip Educate Together National School3.9 km · Leixlip · Multi-denominational | 3.9 km | 207 | – |
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Jennifer Quigley
- Phone
- 0851069985
- [email protected]
- Address
- Hazelhatch, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, W23 Y300
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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 374 | 177 | 197 | 27 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 384 | 179 | 205 | 38 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 401 | 197 | 204 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 54 | 45 | 52 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 396 | 187 | 209 | 42 | 50 | 45 | 54 | 49 | 44 | 55 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 393 | 175 | 218 | 46 | 47 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 55 | 54 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 406 | 184 | 222 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 55 | 53 | 51 |
| 2019/20 | 415 | 187 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 411 | 184 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 414 | 184 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 405 | 191 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 387 | 172 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 387 | 173 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 359 | 171 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 322 | 151 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 286 | 147 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 256 | 130 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 198 | 98 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 138 | 62 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 81 | 37 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |