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School planning area

Kildysart–Cahercon

6 primary schools and 261 pupils in 2025/26, in County Clare.

Pupils in 2025/26
261
+15 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−18.7%
321 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
6
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
16.67
Average school size: 43.5

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 County Clare, schools with no planning area had 0.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.1% in 2005/06 and 24.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

261

+15 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

6

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

43.5

82.8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

16.67

+0.87 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. 45 in 2025/26, +26 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

3fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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
16.67
Mainstream classes
15
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
15
Down 1 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 17%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 24
Estimate: 15 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 6 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
21
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

0 special schools in the Kildysart–Cahercon planning area, and the special classes in the 6 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 1 of 6 schools. 1 in 2023/24
Allocated for 2026/27
2
In 1 school
Autism classes
2
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2023/24

In the Kildysart–Cahercon planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2023/24 1
  • 2024/25 2
  • 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

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
Kildysart N SKildysart 15301V 122
−23.3%
5 24.40 29 0
S N Baile na CailliEnnis 18639E 52
−37.3%
2 20.50 24 0
SN na CrannaigheKilrush 13804O 32
+52.4%
2 16.00 18 0
Labasheeda Central N SKilrush 19386G 30
+11.1%
2 15.00 17 0
Coolmeen N SKilrush 12633I 20
+81.8%
2 10.00 12 0
Cluain DraigneachInis 18540I 5
−75.0%
2 2.50 3 0