S N Bhridhe
Kells · Roll number 17566V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 27
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 2 from 25 in 2015/16
- 2 classes in 2015/16, 2 now; average class 12.5 → 13.5
- Over 20 years: −7% from 29 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 17 / 10
- 63% 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
27 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 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.7 |
| Senior Infants | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4.2 |
| 1st Class | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2nd Class | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 4th Class | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 5th Class | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 6th Class | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
4 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 3 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2023/24
- 5Senior Infants2024/25
- 31st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
3 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 5 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2022/23
- 3Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 52nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
4 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 3 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 41st Class2023/24
- 32nd Class2024/25
- 33rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 3Junior Infants2020/21
- 3Senior Infants2021/22
- 11st Class2022/23
- 12nd Class2023/24
- 23rd Class2024/25
- 24th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Senior Infants2020/21
- 31st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 45th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
2 in 1st Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 21st Class2020/21
- 32nd Class2021/22
- 23rd Class2022/23
- 24th Class2023/24
- 25th Class2024/25
- 26th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
1 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 12nd Class2020/21
- 13rd Class2021/22
- 14th Class2022/23
- 15th Class2023/24
- 16th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 24th Class2021/22
- 25th Class2022/23
- 26th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
1 in 4th Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 14th Class2020/21
- 15th Class2021/22
- 26th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
4 in 5th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 45th Class2020/21
- 46th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +31st Class in 2023/24 (1 to 4)
- −4Junior Infants in 2025/26 (6 to 2)
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 S N Bhridhe, 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
2.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 2 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers12.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.5
0.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.5 special education teachers and 0.83 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. 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 S N Bhridhe, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N BhridheThis school | – | 27 |
+8.0%
|
|
| 1 | S N Chiaran Naofa3.4 km · Stoneyford | 3.4 km | 142 |
+49.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil San Lionard4.3 km · Dunnamaggin | 4.3 km | 115 |
−9.4%
|
| 3 | Burnchurch National School4.4 km · Cuffesgrange Kilkenny | 4.4 km | 44 |
−38.9%
|
| 4 | St Michaels National School5.3 km · Danesfort | 5.3 km | 63 |
+34.0%
|
| 5 | Church Hill Mixed N S7.2 km · Cuffesgrange | 7.2 km | 192 |
+20.0%
|
| 6 | St Brendans Mixed N S7.7 km · Huggsintown | 7.7 km | 50 |
−12.3%
|
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: 11 of 19 households answered (58%). The true figures are likely within 22.2 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 22.2 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 55% | 27% | 0% |
| Callan planning area · children at school | 39% | 16% | 0% |
| Callan planning area · children not yet at school | 37% | 20% | 6% |
| 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
- Sean Meaney
- Phone
- 0567728476
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny, R95 WK84
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Callan
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 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 17 | 6 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 18 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 21 | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 19 | 10 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 25 | 17 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 27 | 17 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 26 | 15 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 32 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 32 | 17 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 33 | 16 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 34 | 19 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 31 | 18 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 33 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 29 | 15 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 32 | 14 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 36 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 37 | 17 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 34 | 13 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 34 | 13 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 30 | 11 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 37 | 16 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 39 | 18 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 34 | 18 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 42 | 19 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 43 | 21 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 49 | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 41 | 17 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 42 | 20 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 34 | 13 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 36 | 13 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 37 | 13 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 36 | 15 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 45 | 20 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 45 | 21 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |