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Planning area in Tipperary

Carrick-on-Suir

Schools in County Tipperary in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 3 schools in Kilkenny and 4 schools in Waterford. See the whole planning area

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Schools
7
of 151 in Tipperary
Pupils
747
4% of Tipperary's pupils
Since 2015/16
−21.5%
952 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
106.7
Tipperary: 120.4
Average class size
18.85
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

747

−7 on 2024/25

1976/772025/26

Schools

7

6 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average pupils per school

106.7

243.0 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average class size

18.85

−0.18 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. 73 in 2025/26, −14 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

Each school year.

Irish-medium schools

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 114 pupils in 2025/26, 15.3% of the area's pupils, against 18.6% 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

7 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 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
18.85
Mainstream classes
39
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 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
39
Down 2 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 20%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 59
Estimate: 39 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 15 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
57
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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Carrick-on-Suir, and the special classes in the 7 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
2
In 1 of 7 schools. 1 in 2023/24
Allocated for 2026/27
2
In 1 school
Autism classes
2
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2023/24

In Carrick-on-Suir's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2023/24 1
  • 2024/25 2
  • 2025/26 2
  • 2026/27 2

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

7 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Clochar na ToirbhirteCarrick-on-Suir 11872V 281
−8.8%
15 18.73 30 1
S N Mhuire na mBraithreCarrick-on-Suir 16725K 122
−22.3%
6 20.33 25 0
Gaelscoil Charraig na SiuireCarraig na Siúire 20085W 114
−35.6%
5 20.40 27 0
Ballyneale N SCarrick-on-Suir 18085K 77
−18.9%
4 19.25 22 0
S N Naomh PadraigClonmel 18326G 55
−23.6%
3 18.33 22 0
Upper Newtown N SCarrick-on-Suir 09967U 51
−15.0%
3 17.00 19 0
Grangemockler NSCarrick-On-Suir 18501V 47
−43.4%
3 15.67 21 0