Scoil na Naomh Uilig
Newbridge · Roll number 20271T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 589
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 59 from 530 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 285 / 304
- 48% 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
589 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 | 65 | 64 | 71 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 66.3 |
| Senior Infants | 76 | 64 | 63 | 73 | 61 | 70 | 67.8 |
| 1st Class | 80 | 77 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 68 | 71.3 |
| 2nd Class | 67 | 79 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 72.3 |
| 3rd Class | 78 | 64 | 78 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 72.8 |
| 4th Class | 85 | 76 | 69 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 75.7 |
| 5th Class | 75 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 76 | 78 | 75.5 |
| 6th Class | 69 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 73.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
66 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 70 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 66Junior Infants2024/25
- 70Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
59 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 68 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2023/24
- 61Senior Infants2024/25
- 681st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
71 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 77 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 71Junior Infants2022/23
- 73Senior Infants2023/24
- 741st Class2024/25
- 772nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
64 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 75 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2021/22
- 63Senior Infants2022/23
- 671st Class2023/24
- 692nd Class2024/25
- 753rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
65 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 73 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2020/21
- 64Senior Infants2021/22
- 621st Class2022/23
- 692nd Class2023/24
- 723rd Class2024/25
- 734th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
76 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 78 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 76Senior Infants2020/21
- 771st Class2021/22
- 732nd Class2022/23
- 703rd Class2023/24
- 754th Class2024/25
- 785th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
80 in 1st Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 801st Class2020/21
- 792nd Class2021/22
- 783rd Class2022/23
- 764th Class2023/24
- 765th Class2024/25
- 756th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
67 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 69 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 672nd Class2020/21
- 643rd Class2021/22
- 694th Class2022/23
- 685th Class2023/24
- 696th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
78 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 783rd Class2020/21
- 764th Class2021/22
- 755th Class2022/23
- 746th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
85 in 4th Class (2020/21), 77 in 6th Class (2022/23): 8 pupils fewer.
- 854th Class2020/21
- 815th Class2021/22
- 776th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
75 in 5th Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 755th Class2020/21
- 756th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +143rd Class in 2022/23 (64 to 78)
- −151st Class in 2022/23 (77 to 62)
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 na Naomh Uilig, 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
41.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 41 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- 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 teachers255 hours of support teaching a week 10.2
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and 2 severe or profound general learning disability classes 5
22.81 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 28 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.3 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 22.81 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 na Naomh Uilig, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Naomh UiligThis school | – | 589 |
+11.1%
|
|
| 1 | St Conleths and Marys N S1.3 km · Newbridge | 1.3 km | 345 |
−5.7%
|
| 2 | S N Connlaodh Naofa N1.4 km · Newbridge | 1.4 km | 285 |
−33.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Chonnla Phadraig1.4 km · Newbridge | 1.4 km | 306 |
−11.0%
|
| 4 | St Patricks N S1.5 km · Newbridge · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 1.5 km | 187 |
−12.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire2.0 km · Newbridge · DEIS | 2.0 km | 389 |
−5.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire Junior2.0 km · Newbridge · DEIS | 2.0 km | 333 |
−21.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Rosemary Faherty
- Phone
- 045434853
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rickardstown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 FK10
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
- Newbridge
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 | 589 | 285 | 304 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 75 |
| 2024/25 | 586 | 275 | 311 | 66 | 61 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 69 |
| 2023/24 | 584 | 271 | 313 | 59 | 73 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 68 | 74 |
| 2022/23 | 598 | 292 | 306 | 71 | 63 | 62 | 73 | 78 | 69 | 75 | 77 |
| 2021/22 | 610 | 295 | 315 | 64 | 64 | 77 | 79 | 64 | 76 | 81 | 75 |
| 2020/21 | 622 | 299 | 323 | 65 | 76 | 80 | 67 | 78 | 85 | 75 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 626 | 306 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 618 | 298 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 589 | 286 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 562 | 272 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 530 | 254 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 504 | 243 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 465 | 217 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 428 | 202 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 355 | 175 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 309 | 156 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 252 | 133 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 203 | 105 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 96 | 56 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |