Gaelscoil Ruairí
Maigh Nuad · Roll number 20527F
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 173
- +28 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2019/20
- With 13 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 88
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
173 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 | 17 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 26.3 |
| Senior Infants | 14 | 16 | 29 | 18 | 31 | 30 | 23.0 |
| 1st Class | – | 13 | 16 | 28 | 20 | 34 | 22.2 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | 13 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 20.2 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | 12 | 18 | 29 | 19.7 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | 13 | 18 | 15.5 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 34 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 341st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 201st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 14Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 125th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2025/26 (20 to 34)
- −11Senior Infants in 2023/24 (29 to 18)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil Ruairí, 2019/20 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
9.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 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 teachers45 hours of support teaching a week 1.8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
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. 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 Gaelscoil Ruairí, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil RuairíThis school | – | 173 | – | |
| 1 | Maynooth B N S1.2 km · Maynooth · Boys | 1.2 km | 595 |
+13.3%
|
| 2 | Presentation Girls Primary School1.4 km · Maynooth · Girls | 1.4 km | 621 |
+15.0%
|
| 3 | Maynooth Educate Together National School2.9 km · Maynooth · Multi-denominational | 2.9 km | 415 |
+85.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ui Fhiaich2.9 km · Maigh Nuad · Gaelscoil | 2.9 km | 459 |
−4.2%
|
| 5 | Scoil Oilibheir Naofa3.8 km · Kilcloon | 3.8 km | 225 |
+2.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chóca Naofa4.7 km · Kilcock | 4.7 km | 467 |
+38.6%
|
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
- Póla Ní Chinnsealaigh
- Phone
- 0868226872
- [email protected]
- Address
- Campas Oideachais Nua, Bóthar an Mhaigh gCláir, Maigh Nuad, W23 V29H
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Maynooth
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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 173 | 85 | 88 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 76 | 69 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 13 | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 54 | 59 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 79 | 34 | 45 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 59 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 4 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |