St Clares Primary School
Cavan · Roll number 08490N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 548
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 25 from 523 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 428 / 120
- 78% 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
548 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 | 90 | 92 | 76 | 83 | 81 | 94 | 86.0 |
| Senior Infants | 66 | 91 | 97 | 88 | 91 | 83 | 86.0 |
| 1st Class | 92 | 70 | 97 | 100 | 104 | 98 | 93.5 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 48 | 44 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 49.8 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 45 | 55 | 47 | 53 | 54 | 50.0 |
| 4th Class | 41 | 45 | 44 | 60 | 48 | 58 | 49.3 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 40 | 51 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 51.0 |
| 6th Class | 69 | 63 | 44 | 55 | 53 | 60 | 57.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
81 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 83 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 81Junior Infants2024/25
- 83Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
83 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 98 in 1st Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 83Junior Infants2023/24
- 91Senior Infants2024/25
- 981st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
76 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 23 pupils fewer.
- 76Junior Infants2022/23
- 88Senior Infants2023/24
- 1041st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
92 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 54 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 38 pupils fewer.
- 92Junior Infants2021/22
- 97Senior Infants2022/23
- 1001st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 543rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
90 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 4th Class (2025/26): 32 pupils fewer.
- 90Junior Infants2020/21
- 91Senior Infants2021/22
- 971st Class2022/23
- 552nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 584th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
66 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils fewer.
- 66Senior Infants2020/21
- 701st Class2021/22
- 442nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 485th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
92 in 1st Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2025/26): 32 pupils fewer.
- 921st Class2020/21
- 482nd Class2021/22
- 553rd Class2022/23
- 604th Class2023/24
- 605th Class2024/25
- 606th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 444th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 454th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 556th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
41 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 414th Class2020/21
- 405th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 636th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +271st Class in 2022/23 (70 to 97)
- −221st Class in 2021/22 (92 to 70)
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 Clares Primary School, 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
40.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 41 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 29 mainstream classes 29
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers220 hours of support teaching a week 8.8
- Special class teachersFor a mild general learning disability class 1
9.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.32 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 Clares Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clares Primary SchoolThis school | – | 548 |
+4.8%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Bhreifne0.1 km · An Cabhán · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.1 km | 193 |
+436.1%
|
| 2 | Cavan 1 N S0.4 km · Cavan · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 102 |
+25.9%
|
| 3 | SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCH0.4 km · Cavan · DEIS | 0.4 km | 265 |
+16.2%
|
| 4 | Dromaili S N2.2 km · Cavan | 2.2 km | 213 |
−12.7%
|
| 5 | S N Drom Cnamh2.3 km · Drumcrave | 2.3 km | 47 |
−7.8%
|
| 6 | Killygarry N S3.4 km · Killygarry | 3.4 km | 198 |
−4.8%
|
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
- Alma Leonard
- Phone
- 0494332671
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ard Mhuire, Cavan, H12 DR74
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kilmore
- 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
- Cavan County Council
- Planning area
- Cavan
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 | 548 | 428 | 120 | 94 | 83 | 98 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 48 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | 550 | 428 | 122 | 81 | 91 | 104 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 60 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 545 | 412 | 133 | 83 | 88 | 100 | 55 | 47 | 60 | 48 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 517 | 381 | 136 | 76 | 97 | 97 | 44 | 55 | 44 | 51 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 500 | 369 | 131 | 92 | 91 | 70 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 63 |
| 2020/21 | 516 | 389 | 127 | 90 | 66 | 92 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 59 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 534 | 401 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 538 | 403 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 532 | 401 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 529 | 392 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 523 | 388 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 521 | 383 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 499 | 384 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 480 | 359 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 476 | 360 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 512 | 369 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 513 | 363 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 476 | 343 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 419 | 315 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 383 | 307 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 344 | 264 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 338 | 250 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 338 | 235 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 322 | 225 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 304 | 227 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 342 | 257 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 354 | 271 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 358 | 276 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 406 | 317 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 411 | 315 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 470 | 358 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 458 | 353 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 496 | 380 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 522 | 375 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 477 | 353 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 491 | 366 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 475 | 360 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 499 | 362 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 475 | 353 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 464 | 335 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |