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Planning area in Offaly

Edenderry

Schools in County Offaly in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 4 schools in Kildare. See the whole planning area

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Schools
8
of 67 in Offaly
Pupils
1,512
16% of Offaly's pupils
Since 2015/16
−14.5%
1,768 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
189.0
Offaly: 138.7
Average class size
21.03
Offaly: 20.89

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 Offaly, schools with no planning area had 0.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.1% in 2005/06 and 14.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,512

−34 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8

6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

189.0

221.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.03

−0.26 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. 178 in 2025/26, +13 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

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 69 pupils in 2025/26, 4.6% of the area's pupils, against 7.4% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.

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

8 schools with figures for both years

5fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 4Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

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
21.03
Mainstream classes
69
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 mainstream primary schools 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
69
Up 19 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 13%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 118
Estimate: 69 class teachers, 5 principals and deputies, 34 special education and 10 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
99
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 1
0 schools gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Edenderry, and the special classes in the 8 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
0
No special school here
Special classes in 2025/26
10
In 3 of 8 schools. 7 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
11
In 4 schools: 1 new class, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
8
80% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Edenderry's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 7
  • 2021/22 9
  • 2022/23 10
  • 2023/24 10
  • 2024/25 10
  • 2025/26 10
  • 2026/27 11

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

8 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Scoil Bhríde Primary SchoolEdenderry 20267F 480
−13.0%
21 21.10 27 0
Edenderry Convent N SEdenderry 16013V 429
+1.2%
17 24.53 28 0
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCo.Offaly 18364O 192
+1.1%
10 19.20 29 0
S N PhadraigRhode 18328K 124
+6.0%
5 24.80 32 1
S N Mhuire NaofaRhode 18335H 91
−47.7%
5 18.20 26 0
Castlejordan Central NSTullamore 19300Q 79
−31.9%
4 19.75 25 0
Gaelscoil Éadan DoireÉadan Doire 20332N 69
−47.3%
4 14.25 17 0
Edenderry 2 N SEdenderry 15638K 48
−25.0%
3 16.00 17 0