Scoil Naomh Micheal
Sneem · Roll number 08251S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 75
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +10%
- Up 7 from 68 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 33 / 42
- 44% 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
75 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 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8.5 |
| Senior Infants | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7.3 |
| 1st Class | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7.0 |
| 2nd Class | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7.8 |
| 4th Class | 14 | – | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8.2 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
7 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 10 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 7Junior Infants2024/25
- 10Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
8 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 10 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2023/24
- 8Senior Infants2024/25
- 101st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
7 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2022/23
- 6Senior Infants2023/24
- 61st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
7 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 10 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 7Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 81st Class2023/24
- 82nd Class2024/25
- 103rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 7Junior Infants2020/21
- 7Senior Infants2021/22
- 61st Class2022/23
- 72nd Class2023/24
- 93rd Class2024/25
- 94th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Senior Infants2020/21
- 51st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 54th Class2024/25
- 55th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
7 in 1st Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 71st Class2020/21
- 52nd Class2021/22
- 73rd Class2022/23
- 54th Class2023/24
- 65th Class2024/25
- 86th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
10 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 102nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 124th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 5th Class in 2022/23
2 in 5th Class (2022/23), 1 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25th Class2022/23
- 16th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
14 in 4th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 144th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 176th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 136th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2024/25 (1 to 11)
- −166th Class in 2023/24 (17 to 1)
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 Scoil Naomh Micheal, 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
7.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8 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 Scoil Naomh Micheal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh MichealThis school | – | 75 |
+10.3%
|
|
| 1 | Tahilla Community National School5.7 km · Sneem · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 5.7 km | 29 |
+81.2%
|
| 2 | S N Réalt na Mara11.2 km · Cill Airne | 11.2 km | 85 |
+7.6%
|
| 3 | Lauragh National School12.1 km · Lauragh Lower | 12.1 km | 17 |
+6.2%
|
| 4 | S N Cillin Liath13.2 km · Cill Airne · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 13.2 km | 45 |
−23.7%
|
| 5 | Boheshill MXD15.5 km · Glencar · DEIS | 15.5 km | 18 |
−52.6%
|
| 6 | Crochan Naofa N S15.5 km · Killarney | 15.5 km | 49 |
+6.5%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Áine Murphy
- Phone
- 0646645000
- [email protected]
- Address
- West End, Sneem, Co. Kerry, V93 X243
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Kenmare
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 | 75 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | 68 | 27 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 58 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 69 | 29 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | – | 13 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | 69 | 31 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | – | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 67 | 29 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 71 | 31 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 65 | 24 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 67 | 33 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 68 | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 67 | 32 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 64 | 32 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 64 | 34 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 67 | 37 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 66 | 35 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 64 | 32 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 59 | 29 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 54 | 26 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 51 | 26 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 56 | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 58 | 25 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 56 | 21 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 61 | 21 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 66 | 25 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 67 | 25 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 65 | 27 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 62 | 27 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 69 | 33 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 79 | 41 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 130 | 59 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 124 | 55 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 122 | 55 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 122 | 59 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 112 | 47 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 116 | 48 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 114 | 49 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 113 | 55 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |