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Planning area in Clare

Kinvara

Schools in County Clare in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 5 schools in Galway. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Clare Ennis · 25 Shannon · 14 Ennistymon · 10 Limerick City · 3 Scariff · 9 Kilrush · 7 Tulla · 3 Spanish Point · 8 Lisdoonvarna · 5 Kilkee · 7 Killaloe · 3 Kilmihill · 5 Kildysart–Cahercon · 6 Gort · 3
Schools
1
of 109 in Clare
Pupils
31
0% of Clare's pupils
Since 2015/16
+34.8%
23 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
31.0
Clare: 118.5
Average class size
15.50
Clare: 21.09

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Clare, schools with no planning area had 0.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.1% in 2005/06 and 24.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

31

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

1

1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

31.0

67.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

15.50

−1.00 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 3 in 2025/26, −4 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

1 school with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 1

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
15.50
Mainstream classes
2
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in this 1 mainstream primary school here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
2
No change since 2006/07, while pupils fell 30%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 2
Estimate: 2 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 0 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
2
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 0
0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

1 school, largest first.

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Roll number
New Quay NSH91 Hy40 19043W 31
+34.8%
2 15.50 18 0