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School planning area

Borris

6 primary schools and 482 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny.

Pupils in 2025/26
482
−13 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−18.6%
592 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
6
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
20.70
Average school size: 80.3

By county

This planning area crosses county lines. Select a county to see its part of the area.

Change over
Carlow 4 329
−17.1%
Kilkenny 2 153
−21.5%

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 Counties Carlow and Kilkenny, schools with no planning area had 2.3% of pupils in 2015/16, 7.6% in 2005/06 and 26.7% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

482

−13 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

6

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

80.3

92.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.70

−0.60 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. 55 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

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

6 schools with figures for both years

5fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 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
20.70
Mainstream classes
23
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 6 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
23
Up 1 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 9%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 32
Estimate: 23 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 7 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
31
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 the Borris planning area, and the special classes in its 6 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
12
In 1 school, the same as 12 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
1
In 1 of 6 schools. 1 in 2023/24
Allocated for 2026/27
2
In 1 school: 1 new class
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2023/24

In the Borris planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

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

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
Saplings Special SchoolGoresbridge · Autism 12
0.0%
2 9

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

Schools

6 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.

Change over

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Roll number
Borris MXD N SBorris 00651R Carlow 196
−7.1%
8 24.50 28 0
Skeaghvastheen N SSkeaghvasteen 16140F Kilkenny 85
−20.6%
4 21.25 24 0
Goresbridge N.S.Goresbridge 19944O Kilkenny 68
−22.7%
4 17.00 25 0
Scoil Nais MhuireBagenalstown 09320Q Carlow 59
−33.7%
3 17.67 21 0
Scoil Nais MhichilBorris 17462J Carlow 42
−16.0%
2 21.00 23 0
St Patrick's National SchoolBorris 18510W Carlow 32
−31.9%
2 16.00 19 0