Convent of Mercy
Newport · Roll number 04067F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 266
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 53 from 319 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 202 / 64
- 76% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
266 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 49 | 50 | 48 | 49 | 37 | 43 | 46.0 |
| Senior Infants | 47 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 40 | 47.2 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 54 | 47 | 56 | 50 | 51 | 51.5 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 32 | 27 | 26.0 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 32 | 25.8 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 25.5 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 27.0 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 26.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
37 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 40 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2024/25
- 40Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 51 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 51Senior Infants2024/25
- 511st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
48 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 21 pupils fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
50 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 32 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 18 pupils fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 561st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 323rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 31 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 45Senior Infants2021/22
- 471st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils fewer.
- 47Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 323rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2025/26): 28 pupils fewer.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 236th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +152nd Class in 2024/25 (17 to 32)
- −142nd Class in 2023/24 (31 to 17)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Convent of Mercy, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
15.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers and 1.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Convent of Mercy, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convent of MercyThis school | – | 266 |
−16.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N na mBuachailli0.8 km · Newport · Boys | 0.8 km | 135 |
−2.2%
|
| 2 | Birdhill N S4.3 km · Killaloe | 4.3 km | 104 |
−36.2%
|
| 3 | Castleconnell N S5.7 km · Castleconnell | 5.7 km | 241 |
+16.4%
|
| 4 | Lackamore N S6.2 km · Newport | 6.2 km | 36 |
+38.5%
|
| 5 | S N Baile na hInse6.6 km · Birdhill | 6.6 km | 95 |
−22.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Athain6.7 km · Lisnagry | 6.7 km | 139 |
−19.2%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Miriam Foley
- Phone
- 061378622
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Road, Newport, Co. Tipperary, V94 X7F9
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Newport
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 266 | 202 | 64 | 43 | 40 | 51 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 32 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 270 | 204 | 66 | 37 | 51 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 31 | 22 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 280 | 205 | 75 | 49 | 50 | 56 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 28 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 278 | 204 | 74 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 277 | 201 | 76 | 50 | 45 | 54 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 282 | 201 | 81 | 49 | 47 | 51 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 296 | 211 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 301 | 209 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 317 | 217 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 323 | 225 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 319 | 224 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 293 | 209 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 300 | 213 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 291 | 201 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 263 | 181 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 247 | 168 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 221 | 158 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 218 | 143 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 193 | 130 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 184 | 128 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 150 | 108 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 142 | 108 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 147 | 104 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 157 | 104 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 151 | 109 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 152 | 113 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 136 | 106 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 147 | 115 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 145 | 111 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 151 | 116 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 161 | 114 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 178 | 127 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 194 | 139 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 256 | 177 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 249 | 181 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 239 | 178 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 243 | 176 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 248 | 177 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 240 | – | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 220 | 151 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 210 | 141 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 203 | 138 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |