Planning area in Tipperary

Bruff–Hospital

Schools in County Tipperary in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 11 schools in Limerick. See the whole planning area

Schools
1
of 151 in Tipperary
Pupils
122
1% of Tipperary's pupils
Since 2015/16
+9.9%
111 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
122.0
Tipperary: 120.4
Average class size
20.80
Tipperary: 21.25

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 Tipperary, schools with no planning area had 3.2% of pupils in 2015/16, 7.0% in 2005/06 and 21.8% in 1976/77. Known data issues

Pupils

122

+5 on 2024/25

2015/162025/26

Schools

1

1 in 2015/16

2015/162025/26

Average pupils per school

122.0

111.0 in 2015/16

2015/162025/26

Average class size

20.80

+1.00 on 2024/25

2015/162025/26

Pupils in these schools

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

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 12 in 2025/26, −5 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

Each school year.

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
1within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 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
20.80
Mainstream classes
5
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in this 1 mainstream primary school here, 2015/16 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
5
No change since 2015/16, while pupils rose 10%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 12
Estimate: 5 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 3 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
7
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 2015/16

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Bruff–Hospital, and the special classes in the 1 mainstream school. 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
3
In 1 of 1 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
3
In 1 school
Autism classes
3
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Bruff–Hospital's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 3
  • 2021/22 3
  • 2022/23 3
  • 2023/24 3
  • 2024/25 3
  • 2025/26 3
  • 2026/27 3

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

1 school, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
St Ailbe's National SchoolTipperary 20467N 122
+9.9%
5 20.80 29 0