Presentation Girls Primary School
Maynooth · Roll number 00779U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 621
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +15%
- Up 81 from 540 in 2015/16
- 20 classes in 2015/16, 26 now; average class 26.7 → 23.6
- Over 20 years: +47% from 422 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 621 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
621 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 | 84 | 70 | 77 | 59 | 84 | 74 | 74.7 |
| Senior Infants | 76 | 85 | 69 | 73 | 64 | 82 | 74.8 |
| 1st Class | 82 | 72 | 83 | 65 | 76 | 66 | 74.0 |
| 2nd Class | 75 | 84 | 74 | 80 | 68 | 77 | 76.3 |
| 3rd Class | 83 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 82 | 63 | 76.7 |
| 4th Class | 88 | 83 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 82.8 |
| 5th Class | 76 | 85 | 84 | 73 | 92 | 82 | 82.0 |
| 6th Class | 83 | 73 | 86 | 82 | 79 | 95 | 83.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
84 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 82 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2024/25
- 82Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
59 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 66 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2023/24
- 64Senior Infants2024/25
- 661st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
77 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 77 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 77Junior Infants2022/23
- 73Senior Infants2023/24
- 761st Class2024/25
- 772nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
70 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 63 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 70Junior Infants2021/22
- 69Senior Infants2022/23
- 651st Class2023/24
- 682nd Class2024/25
- 633rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
84 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2020/21
- 85Senior Infants2021/22
- 831st Class2022/23
- 802nd Class2023/24
- 823rd Class2024/25
- 824th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
76 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 76Senior Infants2020/21
- 721st Class2021/22
- 742nd Class2022/23
- 773rd Class2023/24
- 824th Class2024/25
- 825th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
82 in 1st Class (2020/21), 95 in 6th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 821st Class2020/21
- 842nd Class2021/22
- 813rd Class2022/23
- 854th Class2023/24
- 925th Class2024/25
- 956th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
75 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 752nd Class2020/21
- 743rd Class2021/22
- 774th Class2022/23
- 735th Class2023/24
- 796th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
83 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 833rd Class2020/21
- 834th Class2021/22
- 845th Class2022/23
- 826th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
88 in 4th Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 884th Class2020/21
- 855th Class2021/22
- 866th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
76 in 5th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 765th Class2020/21
- 736th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +25Junior Infants in 2024/25 (59 to 84)
- −193rd Class in 2025/26 (82 to 63)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Presentation Girls Primary School, 2006/07 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
36teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 26 mainstream classes 26
- 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 teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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. 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 Presentation Girls Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Girls Primary SchoolThis school | – | 621 |
+15.0%
|
|
| 1 | Maynooth B N S0.5 km · Maynooth · Boys | 0.5 km | 595 |
+13.3%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Ruairí1.4 km · Maigh Nuad · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.4 km | 173 | – |
| 3 | Maynooth Educate Together National School1.5 km · Maynooth · Multi-denominational | 1.5 km | 415 |
+85.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ui Fhiaich1.6 km · Maigh Nuad · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 459 |
−4.2%
|
| 5 | Aghards N S4.6 km · Celbridge | 4.6 km | 660 |
−5.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Oilibheir Naofa4.8 km · Kilcloon | 4.8 km | 225 |
+2.7%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 237 of 502 households answered (47%). The true figures are likely within 5.3 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 68 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 5.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 44% | 13% | 30% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 41% | 7% | 35% |
| Maynooth planning area · children at school | 56% | 27% | 15% |
| Maynooth planning area · children not yet at school | 59% | 35% | 13% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Cora McGorry
- Phone
- 016286034
- [email protected]
- Address
- Main St, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 X0C6
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No 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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 621 | 621 | 0 | 74 | 82 | 66 | 77 | 63 | 82 | 82 | 95 |
| 2024/25 | 633 | 628 | 5 | 84 | 64 | 76 | 68 | 82 | 82 | 92 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 600 | 596 | 4 | 59 | 73 | 65 | 80 | 77 | 85 | 73 | 82 |
| 2022/23 | 637 | 632 | 5 | 77 | 69 | 83 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 84 | 86 |
| 2021/22 | 632 | 626 | 6 | 70 | 85 | 72 | 84 | 74 | 83 | 85 | 73 |
| 2020/21 | 653 | 648 | 5 | 84 | 76 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 76 | 83 |
| 2019/20 | 619 | 615 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 604 | 598 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 602 | 599 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 575 | 571 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 540 | 534 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 524 | 519 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 525 | 520 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 500 | 495 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 492 | 487 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 475 | 471 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 464 | 460 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 466 | 466 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 460 | 460 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 432 | 432 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 422 | 422 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 446 | 446 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 451 | 451 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 481 | 481 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 486 | 486 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 484 | 484 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 475 | 475 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 467 | 467 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 455 | 455 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 462 | 459 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 462 | 459 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 457 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 442 | 439 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 474 | 0 | 474 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 480 | 480 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 456 | 456 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 436 | 436 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 411 | 411 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 392 | 392 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 392 | 392 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 417 | 365 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 499 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 433 | 317 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |