S N Naomh Padraig MXD
Baile Haol · Roll number 17628R
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 173
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 5 from 178 in 2015/16
- 7 classes in 2015/16, 7 now; average class 25.4 → 24.7
- Over 20 years: +33% from 130 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 79 / 94
- 46% 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
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 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 31 | 21 | 21.8 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 21.3 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 20.2 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 21.2 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 22.0 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 23.5 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 23.3 |
| 6th Class | 20 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 21Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 141st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 21 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 221st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 213rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 191st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 215th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 205th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2024/25 (20 to 31)
- −10Junior Infants in 2025/26 (31 to 21)
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 Naomh Padraig MXD, 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
10.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.6 special education teachers and 1.5 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 Naomh Padraig MXD, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh Padraig MXDThis school | – | 173 |
−2.8%
|
|
| 1 | St Brendans Mixed N S4.3 km · Huggsintown | 4.3 km | 50 |
−12.3%
|
| 2 | S N Moin Ruadh Mixed4.9 km · Knocktopher | 4.9 km | 56 |
0.0%
|
| 3 | S N Chiaran Naofa7.8 km · Stoneyford | 7.8 km | 142 |
+49.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil San Lionard8.1 km · Dunnamaggin | 8.1 km | 115 |
−9.4%
|
| 5 | St Mary's National School8.3 km · Thomastown · Some subjects through Irish | 8.3 km | 398 |
−13.5%
|
| 6 | Kilmoganny Mixed N S8.6 km · Kilmoganny | 8.6 km | 23 |
−8.0%
|
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: 49 of 103 households answered (48%). The true figures are likely within 11.4 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: 11.4 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 43% | 10% | 0% |
| Ballyhale planning area · children at school | 40% | 14% | 1% |
| Ballyhale planning area · children not yet at school | 45% | 25% | 5% |
| 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
- Tomas O Dowd
- Phone
- 0567768915
- [email protected]
- Address
- Baile Haol, Co Kilkenny, R95 EK00
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
- Ballyhale
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 | 173 | 79 | 94 | 21 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 182 | 82 | 100 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 80 | 90 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 173 | 85 | 88 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 181 | 88 | 93 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 181 | 87 | 94 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 20 |
| 2019/20 | 178 | 84 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 182 | 84 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 180 | 86 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 182 | 88 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 178 | 89 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 159 | 77 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 146 | 72 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 152 | 75 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 142 | 69 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 133 | 65 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 129 | 64 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 125 | 60 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 122 | 58 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 130 | 66 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 130 | 65 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 129 | 66 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 132 | 61 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 121 | 58 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 123 | 54 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 121 | 55 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 130 | 62 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 143 | 71 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 138 | 68 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 156 | 76 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 161 | 77 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 178 | 86 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 185 | 87 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 201 | 86 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 202 | 90 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 191 | 85 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 175 | 81 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 167 | 74 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 178 | 78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 166 | 75 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 170 | 79 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 194 | 87 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |