Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha
Baile Chill Dara · Roll number 20428D
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +284%
- Up 159 from 56 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 118 / 97
- 55% 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
215 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 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 28.2 |
| Senior Infants | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 29.2 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 27.3 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 3rd Class | 15 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 25.2 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 25.3 |
| 5th Class | 10 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 21.2 |
| 6th Class | 17 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 19.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
28 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 321st Class2022/23
- 312nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 35Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 332nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 334th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
15 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 153rd Class2020/21
- 134th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
10 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 105th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +216th Class in 2022/23 (9 to 30)
- −164th Class in 2021/22 (29 to 13)
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 Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha, 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
12.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers and 2 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. 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 Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Mhic AodhaThis school | – | 215 |
+283.9%
|
|
| 1 | Kildare Town Educate Together NS0.1 km · Kildare Town · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 417 |
+154.3%
|
| 2 | St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School1.0 km · Kildare Town · DEIS | 1.0 km | 1,025 |
+2.8%
|
| 3 | St. Catherine of Sienna5.0 km · Kildare · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 5.0 km | 151 | – |
| 4 | S N Brighde5.8 km · Newbridge | 5.8 km | 229 |
+9.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire Junior5.8 km · Newbridge · DEIS | 5.8 km | 333 |
−21.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire5.9 km · Newbridge · DEIS | 5.9 km | 389 |
−5.6%
|
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
- Norma Ní Chonchúir
- Phone
- 045535588
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóthar Mhelitta, Baile Chill Dara, Co Chill Dara, R51 CX64
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- 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
- 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 | 215 | 118 | 97 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 215 | 116 | 99 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 202 | 109 | 93 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 213 | 112 | 101 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 189 | 102 | 87 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 29 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 181 | 95 | 86 | 32 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 17 |
| 2019/20 | 148 | 78 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 116 | 56 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 90 | 45 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 65 | 30 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 56 | 25 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 26 | 12 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 7 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |