Shielbeggan Convent
New Ross · Roll number 09184L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 30
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −29%
- Down 12 from 42 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 14 / 16
- 47% 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
30 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 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5.8 |
| 1st Class | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2nd Class | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3.3 |
| 4th Class | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 4.2 |
| 5th Class | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | – | 0 | 4.2 |
| 6th Class | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | – | 0 | 4.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
5 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 5 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2023/24
- 5Senior Infants2024/25
- 51st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
5 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 5 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2022/23
- 5Senior Infants2023/24
- 51st Class2024/25
- 52nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
7 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 7 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 7Junior Infants2021/22
- 7Senior Infants2022/23
- 71st Class2023/24
- 72nd Class2024/25
- 73rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 3 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2020/21
- 3Senior Infants2021/22
- 21st Class2022/23
- 32nd Class2023/24
- 33rd Class2024/25
- 34th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
1 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 13rd Class2023/24
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
3 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 31st Class2020/21
- 32nd Class2021/22
- 13rd Class2022/23
- 14th Class2023/24
- 06th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
4 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 5th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 42nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 34th Class2022/23
- 25th Class2023/24
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 54th Class2021/22
- 55th Class2022/23
- 56th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
9 in 4th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 94th Class2020/21
- 95th Class2021/22
- 96th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
5 in 5th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 55th Class2020/21
- 56th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +51st Class in 2023/24 (2 to 7)
- −8Junior Infants in 2025/26 (9 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 Shielbeggan Convent, 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
2.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers17.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.7
0.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.7 special education teachers and 0.83 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 Shielbeggan Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shielbeggan ConventThis school | – | 30 |
−28.6%
|
|
| 1 | Ramsgrange Central N S3.4 km · Ramsgrange | 3.4 km | 30 |
−65.1%
|
| 2 | S N Baile Ui Coileain3.4 km · New Ross · DEIS | 3.4 km | 55 |
+10.0%
|
| 3 | St Leonards N S4.8 km · New Ross | 4.8 km | 112 |
−8.9%
|
| 4 | S N Olibheir Beannuithe5.3 km · New Ross | 5.3 km | 74 |
+2.8%
|
| 5 | Gusserane N S5.7 km · New Ross | 5.7 km | 75 |
−16.7%
|
| 6 | S N Catriona Nfa5.8 km · New Ross · DEIS | 5.8 km | 61 |
−7.6%
|
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
- Kevin Nimmo
- Phone
- 0860210524
- [email protected]
- Address
- Shielbaggan, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Y34 Y656
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- 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
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Ramsgrange
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 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 42 | 24 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 46 | 24 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 45 | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 46 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 42 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 48 | 16 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 41 | 12 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 42 | 12 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 39 | 13 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 41 | 17 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 39 | 16 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 38 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 40 | 18 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 41 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 41 | 23 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 39 | 22 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 39 | 22 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 42 | 25 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 42 | 24 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 50 | 27 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 54 | 30 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 47 | 26 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 43 | 23 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 48 | 26 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 50 | 27 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 53 | 26 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 49 | 25 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 35 | 16 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 37 | 18 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 46 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 57 | 28 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 60 | 27 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 62 | 27 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 59 | 26 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 57 | 29 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |