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School patron in Kildare

Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin

Schools in County Kildare under this patron.

Other patrons in Kildare Archbishop of Dublin · 29 Educate Together · 5 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 5 Kildare & Wicklow ETB · 2 Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI · 4 Friends of Killashee School Company Limited by Guarantee · 1 Joint patronage between the Minister for Defence and the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin · 1 Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI · 1 Minister for Education & Skills · 1
Schools
52
of 101 in Kildare
Pupils
15,504
53% of Kildare's pupils
Average school size
298.2
Kildare: 287.1
Average class size
23.78
Kildare: 23.56

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

51 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

21fell by 10% or more
19within 10%
11grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 8Down 10 to 25% · 13Within 10% · 19Up 10 to 25% · 8Up 25% or more · 3

Average class size in these schools went from 26.7 in 2015/16 to 23.8 in 2025/26. 7 of the 21 schools that fell by 10% or more kept or added classes. A fall in pupils can mean smaller classes rather than fewer children wanting places. Smaller classes

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Scoil Chóca NaofaKilcock, Co. Kildare 337 → 467 +38.6%
  2. 2 St Josephs NSKilcock, Co. Kildare 316 → 423 +33.9%
  3. 3 S N Baile Mhic AdaimMagh Bhealaigh, Co. Kildare 68 → 85 +25.0%
  4. 4 Rathangan B N SRathangan, Co. Kildare 254 → 308 +21.3%
  5. 5 S N NMH MhuireNaas, Co. Kildare 87 → 105 +20.7%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 St Patricks NSEnfield, Co. Kildare 153 → 87 −43.1%
  2. 2 S N BrideCurragh, Co. Kildare 87 → 55 −36.8%
  3. 3 S N na Maighdine MhuireBroadford, Co. Kildare 92 → 60 −34.8%
  4. 4 S N BrighdeCarbury, Co. Kildare 91 → 60 −34.1%
  5. 5 S N Connlaodh Naofa NNewbridge, Co. Kildare 430 → 285 −33.7%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation, a new school nearby or smaller classes can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 263 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
23.78
Mainstream classes
639
Classes of 30 or more
20
Schools with a class of 30+
10

Teachers

Teachers in the 52 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
639
Up 183 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 25%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 978
Estimate: 639 class teachers, 43 principals and deputies, 243 special education and 53 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
840
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 9
2 schools gained a class teacher, 9 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

What parents would prefer

4,574 of the 11,234 households with children at the 51 schools here answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey, November–December 2025. 1 more school had too few answers for its own results. These are preferences, not applications.

About these figures
The Department's own results: Interactive mapSummary report with county figures (PDF)
Prefer a multi-denominational patron
43%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
Prefer teaching through Irish
15%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
Prefer single-sex
6%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%
  • 10 schools where half or more of parents would prefer a multi-denominational patron
  • 4 schools where a quarter or more would prefer teaching through Irish
  • 8 of 8 single-sex schools where most parents would prefer co-educational

Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Figures here add up the parents at each school with its own results.

Schools

52 schools, largest first.

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St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary SchoolKildare Town 20427B 1,025
+2.8%
– 41 24.73 25 0
S N BrighdeKill 17662R 744
+19.2%
+74.6%
30 24.40 28 0
St Laurences National SchoolSallins 08099P 646
−8.6%
+19.2%
24 26.92 28 0
Scoil BrídNaas 20114D 612
−13.6%
– 24 24.75 28 0
Mercy Convent Primary SchoolNaas 15040T 607
−13.8%
−28.5%
25 23.80 29 0
Scoil na Naomh UiligNewbridge 20271T 589
+11.1%
– 24 23.38 26 0
Prosperous N SNaas 18515J 493
−7.7%
+11.8%
21 22.62 28 0
St Patricks BNSClane 19796C 488
−1.2%
+18.4%
19 25.05 29 0
Scoil Uí RiadaCill Choca 19897I 484
−9.2%
+48.9%
21 22.48 29 0
Scoil Naisiunta BhrideClane 19797E 480
+2.6%
+25.0%
20 23.55 28 0
Scoil Chóca NaofaKilcock 11976K 467
+38.6%
+74.9%
18 25.61 28 0
Scoil ChorbainNaas 17254C 460
+4.1%
−24.7%
20 23.00 27 0
Caragh N SNaas 18654A 454
−14.8%
+3.7%
17 26.41 30 3
St Josephs NSKilcock 16706G 423
+33.9%
+102.4%
17 24.18 27 0
An Linbh IosaNaas 19597T 401
−2.7%
−31.6%
17 23.24 27 0
Scoil MhuireNewbridge 19452Q 389
−5.6%
−17.9%
16 23.94 26 0
Monasterevan ConventMonasterevin 15769C 377
+6.8%
+27.4%
15 24.73 31 1
St Conleths and Marys N SNewbridge 17872F 345
−5.7%
+0.6%
15 22.20 25 0
Scoil Mhuire JuniorNewbridge 19550Q 333
−21.3%
−25.8%
15 21.80 26 0
St Annes National SchoolStraffan 17674B 329
+20.5%
+105.6%
14 23.07 30 1
Rathangan B N SRathangan 15957D 308
+21.3%
+128.1%
13 23.23 30 3
Scoil Chonnla PhadraigNewbridge 15870O 306
−11.0%
+1.0%
13 23.54 26 0
Scoil BrideThe Curragh 13350B 304
−7.9%
−3.8%
12 25.33 30 1
Scoil Bhride N SRathangan 18018S 286
−2.1%
−5.0%
12 23.33 27 0
S N Connlaodh Naofa NNewbridge 17873H 285
−33.7%
−32.0%
12 22.75 26 0
St Conleths N SCarbury 18449W 278
−13.4%
+16.3%
12 22.25 29 0
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National SchoolNaas 20505S 263 – – 11 23.36 28 0
Scoil Naisiunta Naomh PheadarMonasterevin 16707I 239
+2.6%
+36.6%
9 26.56 28 0
Ursaille NaofaNaas 17968S 236
−8.9%
+12.4%
10 23.60 28 0
S N BrighdeNewbridge 16654N 229
+9.0%
+27.2%
8 27.88 32 2
Rathcoffey N SRathcoffey South 16845U 215
−4.0%
+43.3%
9 23.89 31 3
S N Cill DainginMonasterevan 18675I 207
−8.0%
+65.6%
8 25.12 31 2
Almhaine N SNaas 17567A 184
−23.7%
+4.0%
8 23.00 29 0
Scoil BhrídeNurney 16345A 183
−16.4%
+0.5%
8 22.88 28 0
S N Coill DubhNaas 18096P 182
+14.5%
+87.6%
7 23.43 28 0
S N Baile RoibeairdRobertstown 18430B 173
−26.1%
+30.1%
7 23.86 33 2
St Brigids N SCurragh 16302F 167
−13.0%
−22.3%
6 26.83 30 2
S N Cloch RinnceMoyvalley 18093J 137
−26.3%
−13.8%
6 20.83 26 0
Ballyshannon N SKilcullen 15456E 115
+5.5%
+64.3%
5 23.00 24 0
Newtown NSEnfield 18650P 110
+11.1%
+31.0%
4 24.50 28 0
S N NMH MhuireNaas 16777G 105
+20.7%
+218.2%
5 21.00 28 0
S N BrideMonasterevin 18179T 101
−30.3%
+17.4%
5 20.20 26 0
S N Scoil TreasaEnfield 18445O 100
−20.6%
+112.8%
4 25.00 29 0
S N Tir MochainNaas 18666H 100
−19.4%
−24.2%
5 20.00 24 0
S N Cianog NaofaNaas 12998C 90
−14.3%
−7.2%
4 22.50 26 0
S N Oilibhear PlungleadCarbury 17995V 88
−13.7%
+35.4%
4 22.00 25 0
St Patricks NSEnfield 18130M 87
−43.1%
−29.3%
4 21.75 28 0
S N Baile Mhic AdaimMagh Bhealaigh 18092H 85
+25.0%
+97.7%
4 21.25 26 0
S N BrighdeCarbury 17931S 60
−34.1%
+17.6%
3 20.00 25 0
S N na Maighdine MhuireBroadford 18287W 60
−34.8%
−40.0%
3 20.00 29 0
S N BrideCurragh 18031K 55
−36.8%
−38.9%
3 16.33 22 0
S N na Cloiche MoireRathvilly 14643V 20
+17.6%
−9.1%
2 10.00 10 0