Newtownmountkennedy Primary School
Newtownmountkennedy · Roll number 20278K
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 368
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +25%
- Up 73 from 295 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 178 / 190
- 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
368 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 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 35 | 44 | 47 | 40.5 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 31 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 46 | 39.7 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 32 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 47 | 41.2 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 46 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 40.5 |
| 3rd Class | 51 | 48 | 46 | 30 | 34 | 50 | 43.2 |
| 4th Class | 41 | 52 | 46 | 48 | 30 | 33 | 41.7 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 40 | 55 | 47 | 51 | 36 | 43.7 |
| 6th Class | 38 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 51 | 58 | 47.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
35 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2023/24
- 41Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
48 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 51 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 512nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
38 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2021/22
- 41Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 321st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 343rd Class2024/25
- 334th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 321st Class2021/22
- 292nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 365th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 463rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 586th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 483rd Class2021/22
- 464th Class2022/23
- 475th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 513rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 556th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
41 in 4th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 414th Class2020/21
- 405th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +163rd Class in 2025/26 (34 to 50)
- −184th Class in 2024/25 (48 to 30)
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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary School, 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
26.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers190 hours of support teaching a week 7.6
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
13.41 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 13.41 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. 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 Newtownmountkennedy Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary SchoolThis school | – | 368 |
+24.7%
|
|
| 1 | Woodstock Educate Together N.S.0.1 km · Newtownmountkennedy · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 150 | – |
| 2 | St Francis N S3.3 km · Greystones · Church of Ireland | 3.3 km | 90 |
−10.9%
|
| 3 | Kilcoole Primary School4.0 km · Kilcoole | 4.0 km | 553 |
−1.6%
|
| 4 | Delgany N S5.2 km · Delgany · Church of Ireland | 5.2 km | 209 |
−5.0%
|
| 5 | Greystones Community NS5.2 km · Greystones · Multi-denominational | 5.2 km | 412 |
+1,960.0%
|
| 6 | St Laurences N S6.0 km · Greystones | 6.0 km | 666 |
+3.9%
|
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
- Deirdre Lennon
- Phone
- 012810048
- [email protected]
- Address
- Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow, A63 FP76
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Kilcoole
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 | 368 | 178 | 190 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 51 | 50 | 33 | 36 | 58 |
| 2024/25 | 365 | 165 | 200 | 44 | 41 | 50 | 41 | 34 | 30 | 51 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 356 | 157 | 199 | 35 | 46 | 41 | 30 | 30 | 48 | 47 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 365 | 164 | 201 | 48 | 41 | 32 | 29 | 46 | 46 | 55 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 345 | 161 | 184 | 38 | 31 | 32 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 40 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 342 | 163 | 179 | 31 | 33 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 41 | 33 | 38 |
| 2019/20 | 365 | 172 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 357 | 164 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 349 | 159 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 327 | 148 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 295 | 141 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 275 | 131 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 273 | 128 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 278 | 124 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 260 | 111 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 260 | 117 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 244 | 108 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 248 | 107 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 243 | 101 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |