Holy Family SNR
Ennis · Roll number 07315N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 306
- +10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 36 from 342 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 150 / 156
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
306 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 41 | 54 | 53 | 65 | 59 | 53.8 |
| 3rd Class | 65 | 47 | 48 | 58 | 51 | 71 | 56.7 |
| 4th Class | 50 | 63 | 53 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 56.3 |
| 5th Class | 63 | 55 | 67 | 58 | 49 | 61 | 58.8 |
| 6th Class | 63 | 64 | 60 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 60.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 71 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 652nd Class2024/25
- 713rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 67 in 4th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 674th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
54 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 61 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 583rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 615th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
41 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 48 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 412nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 486th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
51 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 512nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 585th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
65 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 67 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 653rd Class2020/21
- 634th Class2021/22
- 675th Class2022/23
- 676th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
50 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 10 pupils more.
- 504th Class2020/21
- 555th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
63 in 5th Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 635th Class2020/21
- 646th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +203rd Class in 2025/26 (51 to 71)
- −183rd Class in 2021/22 (65 to 47)
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 Holy Family SNR, 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
27.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers255 hours of support teaching a week 10.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a specific learning disability class 2
8.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 15 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 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. 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 Holy Family SNR, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family SNRThis school | – | 306 |
−10.5%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family Junior School0.1 km · Ennis · DEIS | 0.1 km | 167 |
−12.6%
|
| 2 | Bunscoil na mBraithre0.8 km · Ennis | 0.8 km | 643 |
−3.3%
|
| 3 | Chriost Ri0.9 km · Ennis · DEIS | 0.9 km | 226 |
+2.3%
|
| 4 | Gael SC Mhichil Chiosog1.6 km · Inis · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 451 |
+11.9%
|
| 5 | Ennis Educate Together NS1.9 km · Ennis · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.9 km | 144 |
+54.8%
|
| 6 | Ennis N S1.9 km · Ennis | 1.9 km | 615 |
+9.4%
|
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
- Jillian Bridge
- Phone
- 0656828893
- [email protected]
- Address
- Station Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 TF67
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Ennis
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 306 | 150 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 296 | 144 | 152 | – | – | – | 65 | 51 | 57 | 49 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 299 | 152 | 147 | – | – | – | 53 | 58 | 48 | 58 | 67 |
| 2022/23 | 297 | 150 | 147 | – | – | – | 54 | 48 | 53 | 67 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 286 | 145 | 141 | – | – | – | 41 | 47 | 63 | 55 | 64 |
| 2020/21 | 307 | 152 | 155 | – | – | – | 51 | 65 | 50 | 63 | 63 |
| 2019/20 | 323 | 162 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 321 | 158 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 328 | 169 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 343 | 184 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 342 | 185 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 342 | 186 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 365 | 201 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 352 | 191 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 379 | 205 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 393 | 216 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 368 | 208 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 370 | 218 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 357 | 200 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 337 | 197 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 325 | 194 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 340 | 213 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 333 | 207 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 344 | 235 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 346 | 244 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 323 | 252 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 330 | 267 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 348 | 316 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 377 | 361 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 440 | 426 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 498 | 488 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 540 | 540 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 557 | 557 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 673 | 673 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 677 | 677 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 686 | 686 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 682 | 682 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 698 | 698 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 723 | 723 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 701 | 701 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 679 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |