Broadford & Kilbane National School
Broadford · Roll number 20452A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 136
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 7 from 129 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 63 / 73
- 46% 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
136 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 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 15.7 |
| Senior Infants | 9 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 14.3 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 16.0 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 15.2 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14.8 |
| 4th Class | 10 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 15.0 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 15.0 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 14.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 23 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 231st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 131st Class2023/24
- 132nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2020/21
- 12Senior Infants2021/22
- 121st Class2022/23
- 122nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 9Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 214th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 236th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 144th Class2022/23
- 155th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
10 in 4th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 104th Class2020/21
- 105th Class2021/22
- 106th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +96th Class in 2025/26 (14 to 23)
- −121st Class in 2021/22 (21 to 9)
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 Broadford & Kilbane 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
9.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.33 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 Broadford & Kilbane National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadford & Kilbane National SchoolThis school | – | 136 |
+5.4%
|
|
| 1 | O Callaghans Mills N S4.9 km · O'Callaghan's Mills | 4.9 km | 29 |
−54.7%
|
| 2 | Kilkishen N S7.4 km · Ennis | 7.4 km | 134 |
+12.6%
|
| 3 | S N Baile an Droichid8.7 km · O'Brien's Bridge | 8.7 km | 107 |
−14.4%
|
| 4 | Bodyke N S9.1 km · Bodyke | 9.1 km | 27 |
+17.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Seanain Naofa10.3 km · Clonlara | 10.3 km | 276 |
−19.1%
|
| 6 | S N Cill Muire10.5 km · Sixmilebridge | 10.5 km | 65 |
−51.9%
|
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
- Aonghus O'Brien
- Phone
- 061473353
- [email protected]
- Address
- Broadford, Co. Clare, V94 AP28
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Tulla
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 | 136 | 63 | 73 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 136 | 65 | 71 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 136 | 68 | 68 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 63 | 56 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | 114 | 54 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 111 | 54 | 57 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 117 | 56 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 129 | 59 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 122 | 54 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 122 | 52 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 129 | 56 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 125 | 52 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |