St Fergal's National School
Bray · Roll number 20466L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 373
- −18 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 83 from 456 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 187 / 186
- 50% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
373 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 | 41 | 37 | 33 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 39.3 |
| Senior Infants | 46 | 43 | 36 | 34 | 47 | 48 | 42.3 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 45 | 45 | 37 | 36 | 50 | 44.0 |
| 2nd Class | 52 | 49 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 44.5 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 49 | 53 | 47 | 46 | 41 | 49.3 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 60 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 46 | 52.7 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 52 | 61 | 50 | 59 | 57 | 56.3 |
| 6th Class | 46 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 52 | 58 | 55.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
45 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 48 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2024/25
- 48Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 41 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 36Senior Infants2022/23
- 371st Class2023/24
- 402nd Class2024/25
- 413rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
41 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 46 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2020/21
- 43Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 432nd Class2023/24
- 463rd Class2024/25
- 464th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 46Senior Infants2020/21
- 451st Class2021/22
- 442nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 575th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 586th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
52 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 522nd Class2020/21
- 493rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 505th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 604th Class2021/22
- 615th Class2022/23
- 596th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 8 pupils more.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 525th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2025/26 (36 to 50)
- −113rd Class in 2021/22 (60 to 49)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Fergal's National School, 2015/16 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
29.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 30 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers192.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Fergal's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fergal's National SchoolThis school | – | 373 |
−18.2%
|
|
| 1 | Bray School Project N S0.2 km · Bray · Multi-denominational | 0.2 km | 223 |
−8.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chualann1.5 km · Bré · Gaelscoil | 1.5 km | 185 |
−21.6%
|
| 3 | St Andrews N S1.6 km · Bray · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 204 |
−6.8%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh1.7 km · Co.Chill Mhantáin · Gaelscoil | 1.7 km | 166 |
−10.3%
|
| 5 | Cronan Naofa N S1.8 km · Bray | 1.8 km | 388 |
−25.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil Padraig Naofa1.8 km · Bray | 1.8 km | 680 |
−14.9%
|
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
- Tom Sargent
- Phone
- 012868033
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballywaltrim, Bray, Co. Wicklow, A98 A521
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
- Bray
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 373 | 187 | 186 | 34 | 48 | 50 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 57 | 58 |
| 2024/25 | 391 | 206 | 185 | 45 | 47 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 379 | 200 | 179 | 46 | 34 | 37 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 50 | 59 |
| 2022/23 | 381 | 199 | 182 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 53 | 49 | 61 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 392 | 193 | 199 | 37 | 43 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 60 | 52 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 407 | 195 | 212 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 52 | 59 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 420 | 194 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 428 | 198 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 421 | 185 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 438 | 189 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 456 | 195 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |