St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School
Drogheda · Roll number 20508B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 575
- +2 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2018/19
- With 561 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 298 / 277
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2018
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
575 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 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 69 | 55 | 61.8 |
| Senior Infants | 68 | 62 | 59 | 64 | 68 | 70 | 65.2 |
| 1st Class | 72 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 68.0 |
| 2nd Class | 134 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 82.8 |
| 3rd Class | 57 | 62 | 82 | 83 | 70 | 74 | 71.3 |
| 4th Class | 65 | 59 | 62 | 79 | 89 | 72 | 71.0 |
| 5th Class | 70 | 69 | 57 | 64 | 77 | 88 | 70.8 |
| 6th Class | – | 75 | 70 | 66 | 64 | 75 | 70.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
69 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 70 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 69Junior Infants2024/25
- 70Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
64 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 67 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2023/24
- 68Senior Infants2024/25
- 671st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
64 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 74 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2022/23
- 64Senior Infants2023/24
- 691st Class2024/25
- 742nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
60 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 74 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 60Junior Infants2021/22
- 59Senior Infants2022/23
- 631st Class2023/24
- 672nd Class2024/25
- 743rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 72 in 4th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 62Senior Infants2021/22
- 661st Class2022/23
- 712nd Class2023/24
- 703rd Class2024/25
- 724th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
68 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 88 in 5th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 68Senior Infants2020/21
- 711st Class2021/22
- 762nd Class2022/23
- 833rd Class2023/24
- 894th Class2024/25
- 885th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
72 in 1st Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 721st Class2020/21
- 752nd Class2021/22
- 823rd Class2022/23
- 794th Class2023/24
- 775th Class2024/25
- 756th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
134 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2024/25): 70 pupils fewer.
- 1342nd Class2020/21
- 623rd Class2021/22
- 624th Class2022/23
- 645th Class2023/24
- 646th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
57 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 573rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 575th Class2022/23
- 666th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
65 in 4th Class (2020/21), 70 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 654th Class2020/21
- 695th Class2021/22
- 706th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
70 in 5th Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils more.
- 705th Class2020/21
- 756th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +203rd Class in 2022/23 (62 to 82)
- −592nd Class in 2021/22 (134 to 75)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2018/19 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, 2018/19 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School, 2018/19 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
39.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 39 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 25 mainstream classes 25
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers277.5 hours of support teaching a week 11.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
12.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 12.32 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2018/19
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Brigid's and St Patrick's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National SchoolThis school | – | 575 | – | |
| 1 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn0.4 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.4 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 2 | S N Aonghusa0.4 km · Droichead Atha · Gaelscoil | 0.4 km | 147 |
−30.3%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Peadar0.5 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
| 4 | Presentation Convent1.1 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.1 km | 385 |
+19.9%
|
| 5 | S N Ard Mhuire C1.2 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.2 km | 315 |
+7.1%
|
| 6 | Naomh Seosamh1.3 km · Drogheda | 1.3 km | 293 |
+0.3%
|
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
- David O'Callaghan
- Phone
- 0872111471
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bothar Brugha, Drogheda, Co Louth, A92 Y236
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Drogheda
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
8 school years from 2018/19 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 575 | 298 | 277 | 55 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 88 | 75 |
| 2024/25 | 573 | 301 | 272 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 89 | 77 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 554 | 297 | 257 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 71 | 83 | 79 | 64 | 66 |
| 2022/23 | 536 | 295 | 241 | 64 | 59 | 66 | 76 | 82 | 62 | 57 | 70 |
| 2021/22 | 533 | 295 | 238 | 60 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 62 | 59 | 69 | 75 |
| 2020/21 | 525 | 293 | 232 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 134 | 57 | 65 | 70 | – |
| 2019/20 | 534 | 288 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 561 | 293 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |