Holy Family National School
Rathmore · Roll number 20111U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 235
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +13%
- Up 27 from 208 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 10 now; average class 26.0 → 23.5
- Girls and boys
- 104 / 131
- 44% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
235 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 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 19 | 26.8 |
| Senior Infants | 34 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 23 | 32 | 29.3 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 24 | 28.2 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 24 | 33 | 22 | 35 | 33 | 28.8 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 36 | 28.5 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 27.0 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 27.5 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 29 | 26.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 33 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 341st Class2024/25
- 332nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 331st Class2023/24
- 352nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 222nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 37 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 34Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 332nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 375th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 315th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +132nd Class in 2024/25 (22 to 35)
- −146th Class in 2021/22 (34 to 20)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Holy Family National School, 2007/08 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
14.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers and 5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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 Holy Family National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family National SchoolThis school | – | 235 |
+13.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Breandan3.2 km · Rathmore | 3.2 km | 25 |
+38.9%
|
| 2 | S N na Srona3.6 km · Rathmore | 3.6 km | 28 |
+21.7%
|
| 3 | Na Minteoga N S4.0 km · Headford | 4.0 km | 22 |
−42.1%
|
| 4 | S N Gniomh Go Leith B5.0 km · Rathmore | 5.0 km | 131 |
+11.0%
|
| 5 | S N Cnoc na Croighe5.9 km · Mallow | 5.9 km | 83 |
+10.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Barr Dubh6.2 km · Headford | 6.2 km | 95 |
+18.8%
|
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: 43 of 154 households answered (28%). The true figures are likely within 12.2 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: 12.2 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 23% | 14% | 0% |
| Rathmore planning area · children at school | 21% | 12% | 0% |
| Rathmore planning area · children not yet at school | 27% | 24% | 3% |
| 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
- PAUL HORAN
- Phone
- 0647758492
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathmore, Co Kerry, P51 N290
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Rathmore
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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 235 | 104 | 131 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 25 | 37 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 240 | 108 | 132 | 31 | 23 | 34 | 35 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 223 | 100 | 123 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 220 | 95 | 125 | 33 | 31 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 77 | 123 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 219 | 92 | 127 | 25 | 34 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 226 | 94 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 216 | 96 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 218 | 100 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 98 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 208 | 97 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 212 | 101 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 213 | 99 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 210 | 97 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 207 | 97 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 211 | 94 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 207 | 95 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 207 | 93 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 189 | 86 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |