Scoil Mochua
Kildare
Key facts
- Mixed
- Pupils enrolled
- 660 larger than the median Irish primary school (123 pupils)
- Girls and boys
- 335 girls, 325 boys
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Teaching through Irish
- No subjects through Irish
- Roll number
- 19794V the Department of Education reference for this school
School details
Location
About
Scoil Mochua is a co-educational Catholic primary school in the townland of Aghards, in Celbridge, Co. Kildare. In 2025, the school has over 660 children and a staff of 35 teachers, a principal, a deputy principal, 3 special needs assistants, 2 office staff and a caretaker. The school has 25 classrooms, 6 resource rooms, a literacy chill out room, a general purpose hall, a sensory room and a gymnasium. A special class for pupils with autism is sanctioned to open in September 2026. The school participates in the Green School programme, STEM activities, a school musical, and the Say Yes to Languages programme. Free school lunches and free school books are provided. The school received EU grant funding under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to address the digital divide, funding replacement of old devices, refurbishment of devices for borrowing, and Bee-Bots for developing analytical thinking and problem solving skills through play.
Applying to Scoil Mochua
For a September 2027 place, a school's formal admissions process cannot begin before 1 October 2026. The school sets its own opening and closing dates in its annual admission notice.
National term dates 2026/27
View Scoil Mochua's own calendar (2026/2027 school year)
Irish schools follow a standardised school year, so these nationwide primary school dates apply broadly to Scoil Mochua. The school publishes its own calendar, linked above, and that is the authoritative source for its reopening date and discretionary closure days.
- October Mid-Term Break: Mon 26 Oct – Fri 30 Oct 2026
- Christmas Holidays: Wed 23 Dec 2026 – Tue 5 Jan 2027
- February Mid-Term Break: Thu 18 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027 (post-primary schools: Mon 15 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027)
- Easter Holidays: Mon 22 Mar – Sun 4 Apr 2027
Primary schools close for the last two days of the February mid-term week and may use discretionary days to take the full week, so their break can be shorter than post-primary schools'.
Frequently asked questions about Scoil Mochua
How many pupils attend Scoil Mochua?
Scoil Mochua has 660 pupils enrolled, 335 girls and 325 boys. That makes it larger than the median Irish primary school, which has 123 pupils.
Is Scoil Mochua a DEIS school?
No. Scoil Mochua is not part of DEIS, the Department of Education programme of additional supports for schools serving communities at risk of educational disadvantage. Not holding DEIS status says nothing about how good a school is, only about the profile of the community it serves.
What is the ethos of Scoil Mochua?
Scoil Mochua has a Catholic ethos. It is a mixed primary school.