St Senans National SCH
Enniscorthy · Roll number 08221J
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 437
- +17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −7%
- Down 31 from 468 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 215 / 222
- 49% 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
437 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 | 31 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 23 | 54 | 41.2 |
| Senior Infants | 40 | 34 | 53 | 49 | 50 | 32 | 43.0 |
| 1st Class | 40 | 39 | 40 | 57 | 50 | 58 | 47.3 |
| 2nd Class | 58 | 40 | 45 | 36 | 62 | 57 | 49.7 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 58 | 46 | 54 | 44 | 65 | 53.7 |
| 4th Class | 48 | 54 | 67 | 47 | 57 | 52 | 54.2 |
| 5th Class | 69 | 46 | 65 | 61 | 51 | 64 | 59.3 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 65 | 47 | 60 | 61 | 55 | 57.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 58 in 1st Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 50Senior Infants2024/25
- 581st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
50 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 65 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 50Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 622nd Class2024/25
- 653rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 34Senior Infants2021/22
- 401st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 64 in 5th Class (2025/26): 24 pupils more.
- 40Senior Infants2020/21
- 391st Class2021/22
- 452nd Class2022/23
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 645th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
40 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 401st Class2020/21
- 402nd Class2021/22
- 463rd Class2022/23
- 474th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
58 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 582nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 674th Class2022/23
- 615th Class2023/24
- 616th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 544th Class2021/22
- 655th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
48 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 484th Class2020/21
- 465th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
69 in 5th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils fewer.
- 695th Class2020/21
- 656th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +31Junior Infants in 2025/26 (23 to 54)
- −235th Class in 2021/22 (69 to 46)
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 St Senans National SCH, 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
38.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 39 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 22 mainstream classes 22
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers295 hours of support teaching a week 11.8
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and an early intervention class 4
16.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 12.6 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 18.32 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 St Senans National SCH, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Senans National SCHThis school | – | 437 |
−6.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh0.9 km · Inis Corthaidh · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 184 |
−14.0%
|
| 2 | St Aidans Parish School1.1 km · Enniscorthy · DEIS | 1.1 km | 869 |
+2.7%
|
| 3 | St Marys N S1.3 km · Enniscorthy · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 84 |
+21.7%
|
| 4 | S N Moin na gCaor5.7 km · Enniscorthy | 5.7 km | 125 |
−24.7%
|
| 5 | Marshalstown N S5.8 km · Enniscorthy | 5.8 km | 191 |
+12.4%
|
| 6 | Glanbrian N S5.8 km · Glenbrien | 5.8 km | 93 |
+25.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Fiona Wickham
- Phone
- 0539234169
- [email protected]
- Address
- Templeshannon, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Y21 EV70
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Enniscorthy
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
43 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 | 437 | 215 | 222 | 54 | 32 | 58 | 57 | 65 | 52 | 64 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 420 | 208 | 212 | 23 | 50 | 50 | 62 | 44 | 57 | 51 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 432 | 202 | 230 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 36 | 54 | 47 | 61 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 432 | 200 | 232 | 45 | 53 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 67 | 65 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 410 | 186 | 224 | 50 | 34 | 39 | 40 | 58 | 54 | 46 | 65 |
| 2020/21 | 423 | 199 | 224 | 31 | 40 | 40 | 58 | 55 | 48 | 69 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 459 | 221 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 444 | 209 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 460 | 229 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 469 | 229 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 468 | 238 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 490 | 249 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 486 | 254 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 485 | 253 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 518 | 270 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 532 | 270 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 514 | 254 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 511 | 253 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 510 | 239 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 465 | 232 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 445 | 219 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 448 | 221 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 443 | 216 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 452 | 226 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 453 | 226 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 453 | 230 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 454 | 232 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 463 | 238 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 496 | 248 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 525 | 260 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 587 | 281 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 606 | 297 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 620 | 304 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 661 | 306 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 643 | 302 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 597 | 279 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 528 | 250 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 441 | 205 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 359 | 168 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 295 | 136 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 218 | 103 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 179 | 76 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |