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Planning area in Wicklow

Blessington

Schools in County Wicklow in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 1 school in Dublin and 1 school in Kildare. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Wicklow Bray · 13 Greystones · 8 Wicklow · 12 Arklow · 11 Kilcoole · 3 Rathdrum · 6 Baltinglass · 7 Dunlavin · 5 Carnew · 7 Hacketstown · 2
Schools
8
of 82 in Wicklow
Pupils
1,270
7% of Wicklow's pupils
Since 2015/16
−6.3%
1,355 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
158.8
Wicklow: 206.6
Average class size
22.24
Wicklow: 22.36

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 Wicklow, schools with no planning area had 1.4% of pupils in 2015/16, 14.8% in 2005/06 and 22.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,270

−43 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

158.8

114.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.24

−1.39 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. 141 in 2025/26, −3 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 151 pupils in 2025/26, 11.9% of the area's pupils, against 14.9% 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

8 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 1

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
22.24
Mainstream classes
55
Classes of 30 or more
4
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 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
55
Up 15 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 33%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 88
Estimate: 55 class teachers, 5 principals and deputies, 20 special education and 8 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
70
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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Blessington, and the special classes in the 8 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
8
In 4 of 8 schools. 4 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
8
In 4 schools
Autism classes
8
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 4
  • 2021/22 5
  • 2022/23 6
  • 2023/24 6
  • 2024/25 7
  • 2025/26 8
  • 2026/27 8

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

8 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
S N Mhuire Senior SchoolBlessington 20110S 296
+3.5%
13 22.77 26 0
S N MuireBlessington 17091A 235
−33.0%
11 20.82 28 0
Blessington 1 N SBlessington 06176U 195
+18.2%
8 24.38 30 1
Gaelscoil na LochannaBaile Coimín 20243O 151
−25.2%
6 24.33 30 2
Moin an Bhealaigh N SBlessington 10131U 110
+4.8%
5 22.00 25 0
Kilbride N SBlessington 10683N 97
−19.2%
4 24.25 30 1
Blessington Educate Together NSBlessington 20242M 95
+206.5%
4 20.75 24 0
Lacken MXD N SBlessington 10111O 91
−4.2%
4 16.75 19 0