St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School
Kildare Town · Roll number 20427B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 1,025
- +13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +3%
- Up 28 from 997 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 521 / 504
- 51% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
1,025 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 | 109 | 105 | 88 | 108 | 97 | 124 | 105.2 |
| Senior Infants | 136 | 118 | 106 | 100 | 119 | 102 | 113.5 |
| 1st Class | 107 | 137 | 117 | 118 | 122 | 120 | 120.2 |
| 2nd Class | 114 | 108 | 141 | 130 | 120 | 125 | 123.0 |
| 3rd Class | 112 | 121 | 108 | 150 | 142 | 125 | 126.3 |
| 4th Class | 145 | 111 | 124 | 122 | 150 | 150 | 133.7 |
| 5th Class | 134 | 146 | 118 | 125 | 125 | 152 | 133.3 |
| 6th Class | 121 | 138 | 145 | 125 | 125 | 127 | 130.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
97 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 102 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 97Junior Infants2024/25
- 102Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
108 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 120 in 1st Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 108Junior Infants2023/24
- 119Senior Infants2024/25
- 1201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
88 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 125 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 37 pupils more.
- 88Junior Infants2022/23
- 100Senior Infants2023/24
- 1221st Class2024/25
- 1252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
105 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 125 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 105Junior Infants2021/22
- 106Senior Infants2022/23
- 1181st Class2023/24
- 1202nd Class2024/25
- 1253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
109 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 150 in 4th Class (2025/26): 41 pupils more.
- 109Junior Infants2020/21
- 118Senior Infants2021/22
- 1171st Class2022/23
- 1302nd Class2023/24
- 1423rd Class2024/25
- 1504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
136 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 152 in 5th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 136Senior Infants2020/21
- 1371st Class2021/22
- 1412nd Class2022/23
- 1503rd Class2023/24
- 1504th Class2024/25
- 1525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
107 in 1st Class (2020/21), 127 in 6th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 1071st Class2020/21
- 1082nd Class2021/22
- 1083rd Class2022/23
- 1224th Class2023/24
- 1255th Class2024/25
- 1276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
114 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 125 in 6th Class (2024/25): 11 pupils more.
- 1142nd Class2020/21
- 1213rd Class2021/22
- 1244th Class2022/23
- 1255th Class2023/24
- 1256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
112 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 125 in 6th Class (2023/24): 13 pupils more.
- 1123rd Class2020/21
- 1114th Class2021/22
- 1185th Class2022/23
- 1256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
145 in 4th Class (2020/21), 145 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 1454th Class2020/21
- 1465th Class2021/22
- 1456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
134 in 5th Class (2020/21), 138 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 1345th Class2020/21
- 1386th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +423rd Class in 2023/24 (108 to 150)
- −344th Class in 2021/22 (145 to 111)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School, 2013/14 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
62.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 62 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 41 mainstream classes 41
- 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 teachers427.5 hours of support teaching a week 17.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a moderate general learning disability class 2
10.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 17.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.33 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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 St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary SchoolThis school | – | 1,025 |
+2.8%
|
|
| 1 | Kildare Town Educate Together NS0.9 km · Kildare Town · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 417 |
+154.3%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha1.0 km · Baile Chill Dara · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 215 |
+283.9%
|
| 3 | St. Catherine of Sienna5.8 km · Kildare · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 5.8 km | 151 | – |
| 4 | S N Bride6.2 km · Curragh · DEIS | 6.2 km | 55 |
−36.8%
|
| 5 | S N Bride6.4 km · Monasterevin | 6.4 km | 101 |
−30.3%
|
| 6 | S N Brighde6.6 km · Newbridge | 6.6 km | 229 |
+9.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- John Goff
- Phone
- 045521799
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grey Abbey Road, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, R51 XY30
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Kildare
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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1,025 | 521 | 504 | 124 | 102 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 150 | 152 | 127 |
| 2024/25 | 1,012 | 527 | 485 | 97 | 119 | 122 | 120 | 142 | 150 | 125 | 125 |
| 2023/24 | 992 | 504 | 488 | 108 | 100 | 118 | 130 | 150 | 122 | 125 | 125 |
| 2022/23 | 960 | 492 | 468 | 88 | 106 | 117 | 141 | 108 | 124 | 118 | 145 |
| 2021/22 | 998 | 516 | 482 | 105 | 118 | 137 | 108 | 121 | 111 | 146 | 138 |
| 2020/21 | 992 | 514 | 478 | 109 | 136 | 107 | 114 | 112 | 145 | 134 | 121 |
| 2019/20 | 1,001 | 497 | 504 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 960 | 471 | 489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 962 | 479 | 483 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 1,002 | 476 | 526 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 997 | 469 | 528 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 961 | 450 | 511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 945 | 441 | 504 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |