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School patron in Wicklow

Educate Together

Schools in County Wicklow under this patron.

Other patrons in Wicklow Archbishop of Dublin · 42 Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI · 12 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 5 Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin · 7 Bishop of Ferns · 5 Kildare & Wicklow ETB · 1 The Bray School Project · 1 Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI · 5
Schools
4
of 82 in Wicklow
Pupils
1,062
6% of Wicklow's pupils
Average school size
265.5
Wicklow: 206.6
Average class size
22.67
Wicklow: 22.36

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

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

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

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 150 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
22.67
Mainstream classes
45
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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
45
Up 37 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 556%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 75
Estimate: 45 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 20 special education and 7 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
44
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 0
1 school gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

4 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Greystones Educate Together National SchoolGreystones 20300A 440
+3.0%
18 23.78 27 0
Wicklow Educate Together NSWicklow Town 20178G 377
+19.7%
16 22.44 25 0
Woodstock Educate Together N.S.Newtownmountkennedy 20524W 150 – 7 21.43 26 0
Blessington Educate Together NSBlessington 20242M 95
+206.5%
4 20.75 24 0