Scoil Uí Riada
Cill Choca · Roll number 19897I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 484
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 49 from 533 in 2015/16
- 19 classes in 2015/16, 21 now; average class 28.1 → 22.5
- Over 20 years: +49% from 325 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 249 / 235
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
484 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 | 56 | 69 | 56 | 76 | 52 | 60 | 61.5 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 57 | 68 | 57 | 76 | 50 | 59.8 |
| 1st Class | 67 | 49 | 57 | 69 | 57 | 73 | 62.0 |
| 2nd Class | 59 | 65 | 51 | 58 | 69 | 56 | 59.7 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 58 | 63 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 60.2 |
| 4th Class | 75 | 61 | 58 | 65 | 52 | 59 | 61.7 |
| 5th Class | 76 | 74 | 62 | 57 | 66 | 52 | 64.5 |
| 6th Class | 66 | 76 | 73 | 62 | 56 | 66 | 66.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
52 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
76 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 73 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 76Junior Infants2023/24
- 76Senior Infants2024/25
- 731st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
56 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2022/23
- 57Senior Infants2023/24
- 571st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
69 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 68 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 69Junior Infants2021/22
- 68Senior Infants2022/23
- 691st Class2023/24
- 692nd Class2024/25
- 683rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2020/21
- 57Senior Infants2021/22
- 571st Class2022/23
- 582nd Class2023/24
- 593rd Class2024/25
- 594th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 491st Class2021/22
- 512nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 524th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
67 in 1st Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 671st Class2020/21
- 652nd Class2021/22
- 633rd Class2022/23
- 654th Class2023/24
- 665th Class2024/25
- 666th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
59 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 592nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 584th Class2022/23
- 575th Class2023/24
- 566th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 614th Class2021/22
- 625th Class2022/23
- 626th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
75 in 4th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 754th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 736th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
76 in 5th Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 765th Class2020/21
- 766th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +20Junior Infants in 2023/24 (56 to 76)
- −26Senior Infants in 2025/26 (76 to 50)
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 Scoil Uí Riada, 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
31.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers177.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.33 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 Scoil Uí Riada, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Uí RiadaThis school | – | 484 |
−9.2%
|
|
| 1 | St Josephs NS0.3 km · Kilcock | 0.3 km | 423 |
+33.9%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chóca Naofa0.7 km · Kilcock | 0.7 km | 467 |
+38.6%
|
| 3 | S N Tir Mochain5.0 km · Naas | 5.0 km | 100 |
−19.4%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ruairí5.2 km · Maigh Nuad · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 5.2 km | 173 | – |
| 5 | Newtown NS5.3 km · Enfield | 5.3 km | 110 |
+11.1%
|
| 6 | St. Joseph's National School5.6 km · Kilcock | 5.6 km | 89 |
+15.6%
|
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: 135 of 311 households answered (43%). The true figures are likely within 7 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 78 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: 7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 46% | 90% | 3% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 46% | 97% | 0% |
| Kilcock planning area · children at school | 49% | 28% | 2% |
| Kilcock planning area · children not yet at school | 49% | 26% | 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
- Elaine Ní Loirgneáin
- Phone
- 016287906
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Bhanóg, Cill Choca, Co Chill Dara, W23 KNW8
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Kilcock
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 484 | 249 | 235 | 60 | 50 | 73 | 56 | 68 | 59 | 52 | 66 |
| 2024/25 | 487 | 255 | 232 | 52 | 76 | 57 | 69 | 59 | 52 | 66 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 497 | 262 | 235 | 76 | 57 | 69 | 58 | 53 | 65 | 57 | 62 |
| 2022/23 | 488 | 259 | 229 | 56 | 68 | 57 | 51 | 63 | 58 | 62 | 73 |
| 2021/22 | 509 | 270 | 239 | 69 | 57 | 49 | 65 | 58 | 61 | 74 | 76 |
| 2020/21 | 510 | 265 | 245 | 56 | 51 | 67 | 59 | 60 | 75 | 76 | 66 |
| 2019/20 | 523 | 262 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 531 | 257 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 532 | 262 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 529 | 263 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 533 | 255 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 508 | 237 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 479 | 221 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 470 | 213 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 467 | 204 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 438 | 191 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 413 | 188 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 388 | 182 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 364 | 166 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 340 | 151 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 325 | 143 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 296 | 129 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 287 | 127 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 272 | 122 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 278 | 124 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 273 | 119 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 265 | 114 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 249 | 102 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 222 | 91 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 192 | 79 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 177 | 68 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 146 | 58 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 138 | 54 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |