St. Senan's National School
Via Waterford · Roll number 20443W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 176
- +9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 18 from 194 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 84 / 92
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2014
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
176 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 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20.5 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 21.8 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 21.7 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 21.0 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 20.3 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 20.7 |
| 5th Class | 19 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 21.3 |
| 6th Class | 20 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 20.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 184th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 135th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
19 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 195th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2021/22 (12 to 27)
- −13Senior Infants in 2021/22 (27 to 14)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2014/15 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, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. Senan's National School, 2014/15 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
9.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers and 1.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2014/15
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 St. Senan's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Senan's National SchoolThis school | – | 176 |
−9.3%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Padraigh3.9 km · via Waterford | 3.9 km | 202 |
+3.1%
|
| 2 | Colmcille Mixed N S4.5 km · Mullinavat | 4.5 km | 20 |
+100.0%
|
| 3 | St Beacons N S5.5 km · Mullinavat | 5.5 km | 175 |
−11.2%
|
| 4 | Carigeen N S6.0 km · Carrigeen | 6.0 km | 123 |
−25.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire6.5 km · Mooncoin · DEIS | 6.5 km | 261 | – |
| 6 | Gaelscoil na nDeise6.7 km · Port Láirge · Gaelscoil | 6.7 km | 225 |
−3.0%
|
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
- Kieran Walsh
- Phone
- 051885361
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, Via Waterford, X91 D894
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Waterford
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
12 school years from 2014/15 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 176 | 84 | 92 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 27 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 81 | 86 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 162 | 81 | 81 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 170 | 81 | 89 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 172 | 83 | 89 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 157 | 69 | 88 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 20 |
| 2019/20 | 173 | 79 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 172 | 77 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 171 | 80 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 178 | 78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 194 | 88 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 186 | 84 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |