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Planning area in Tipperary

Roscrea

Schools in County Tipperary in this planning area.

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

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Schools
5
of 151 in Tipperary
Pupils
811
4% of Tipperary's pupils
Since 2015/16
+10.2%
736 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
162.2
Tipperary: 120.4
Average class size
19.87
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

811

+31 on 2024/25

1976/772025/26

Schools

5

4 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average pupils per school

162.2

238.0 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average class size

19.87

+0.64 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. 97 in 2025/26, +1 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

5 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 2

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
19.87
Mainstream classes
39
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 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
Up 10 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 22%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 67
Estimate: 39 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 19 special education and 6 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
56
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

1 special school in Roscrea, and the special classes in its 5 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
49
In 1 school, up from 47 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
6
In 3 of 5 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
6
In 3 schools
Autism classes
5
83% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 3
  • 2021/22 5
  • 2022/23 5
  • 2023/24 5
  • 2024/25 5
  • 2025/26 6
  • 2026/27 6

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Annes Special SCHRoscrea · Moderate general learning disability 49
+4.3%
9 22.5

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

Schools

5 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
S N Iosef NaofaRoscrea 18345K 299
−6.0%
16 17.94 22 0
Sacred Heart Primary SchoolRoscrea 18435L 201
+52.3%
8 23.62 25 0
St JohnsRoscrea 01594N 163
−1.2%
8 18.88 23 0
Scoil MhuireRoscrea 19640R 117
+48.1%
5 23.40 28 0
Roscrea N S No 2Roscrea 13867P 31
−26.2%
2 15.50 18 0