Ballyduff National School
Tralee · Roll number 20478S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 96
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 14 from 110 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 32 / 64
- 33% 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
96 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 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10.7 |
| Senior Infants | 16 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 13.2 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 13.5 |
| 4th Class | 21 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 15.8 |
| 5th Class | 9 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 16.8 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 16.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
11 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 13 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2024/25
- 13Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
8 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 10 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 101st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
8 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 9 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 8Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 102nd Class2024/25
- 93rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
11 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2020/21
- 11Senior Infants2021/22
- 101st Class2022/23
- 102nd Class2023/24
- 103rd Class2024/25
- 104th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 16Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 162nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 92nd Class2021/22
- 113rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 135th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 174th Class2022/23
- 175th Class2023/24
- 186th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
21 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 214th Class2020/21
- 215th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
9 in 5th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 95th Class2020/21
- 106th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +136th Class in 2022/23 (10 to 23)
- −116th Class in 2021/22 (21 to 10)
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 Ballyduff 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
8.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.5 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. 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 Ballyduff National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyduff National SchoolThis school | – | 96 |
−12.7%
|
|
| 1 | S N Sliabh A Mhadra3.5 km · Tralee | 3.5 km | 107 |
−35.9%
|
| 2 | S N Bhaile an Chrosaigh4.4 km · Tralee | 4.4 km | 18 |
−35.7%
|
| 3 | S N Cill Lúraigh6.2 km · Tralee | 6.2 km | 93 |
+60.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Íosagáin6.7 km · Ballybunion · DEIS | 6.7 km | 202 |
+50.7%
|
| 5 | S N Mhuire de Lourdes6.8 km · Lixnaw · DEIS | 6.8 km | 104 |
+76.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chriost Ri7.0 km · Tralee | 7.0 km | 14 |
−48.1%
|
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
- Marie Lucid
- Phone
- 0667131496
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyduff, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 E796
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Causeway
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 | 96 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 108 | 36 | 72 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 109 | 37 | 72 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 107 | 43 | 64 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | 120 | 55 | 65 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 122 | 56 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 122 | 58 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 128 | 54 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 116 | 51 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 110 | 50 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |