Planning area in Tipperary

Fethard

Schools in County Tipperary in this planning area.

Schools: 3; of 151 in Tipperary
Pupils: 273; 2% of Tipperary's pupils
Since 2015/16: −19.5%; 339 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size: 91.0; Tipperary: 120.4
Average class size: 16.44; Tipperary: 21.25

Trends in Fethard

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

273

−23 on 2024/25

1976/772025/26

Schools

2 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average pupils per school

91.0

55.5 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average class size

16.44

+0.33 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. 17 in 2025/26, −6 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

3 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more

1within 10%

0grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 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: 16.44
Mainstream classes: 16
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 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: 16; Up 11 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 142%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 26; Estimate: 16 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 7 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 18; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 2; 0 schools gained a class teacher, 2 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Fethard, and the special classes in the 3 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 2 of 3 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27: 2; In 2 schools
Autism classes: 2; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

2021/22 1
2022/23 1
2023/24 1
2024/25 1
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

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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	Roll number
Holy Trinity National SchoolFethard	20355C	204	−1.4%	11	18.00	22
S N ChluaininFethard	17694H	65	−30.1%	3	20.33	26
Killusty N SFethard	16111V	4	−89.7%	2	2.00	3