School patron in Kilkenny
Not reported
Schools in County Kilkenny under this patron.
- Schools
- 2
- of 68 in Kilkenny
- Pupils
- 562
- 5% of Kilkenny's pupils
- Average school size
- 281.0
- Kilkenny: 154.2
- Average class size
- 20.15
- Kilkenny: 22.53
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.
Newer schools
2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 562 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.
- St. John's National SchoolKilkenny · figures start 2025/26 441
- Scoil ÍosagáinCastlecomer · figures start 2025/26 121
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 20.15
- Mainstream classes
- 27
- Classes of 30 or more
- 0
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 0
Teachers
Teachers in the 2 mainstream primary schools here, 2025/26 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 27
- No change since 2025/26, while pupils fell 0%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 42
- Estimate: 27 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 11 special education and 3 special class teachers
- Since 2024/25
- 0 / 0
- 0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one
Class teachers since 2025/26
One for each mainstream class, every school year
What parents would prefer
96 of the 396 households with children at the 2 schools here answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey, November–December 2025. These are preferences, not applications.
- Prefer a multi-denominational patron
- 41%
- Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
- Prefer teaching through Irish
- 7%
- Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
- Prefer single-sex
- 1%
- Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%
- 0 schools where half or more of parents would prefer a multi-denominational patron
- 0 schools where a quarter or more would prefer teaching through Irish
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
2 schools, largest first.
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| Roll number | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's National SchoolKilkenny | 20600M | 441 | ––– | – | 20 | 21.15 | 28 | 0 |
| Scoil ÍosagáinCastlecomer | 20591O | 121 | ––– | – | 7 | 17.29 | 26 | 0 |
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