Scoil an Fhirtearaigh

Baile an Fheirtéaraigh · Roll number 10755M

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
  • All subjects through Irish
  • Gaeltacht
Pupils in 2025/26
41
−4 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−37%
Down 24 from 65 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
18 / 23
44% girls
Teachers
about 4
3 class teachers, 13.7 pupils per class. Who they are

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

41 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants5
  • Senior Infants5
  • 1st Class5
  • 2nd Class6
  • 3rd Class6
  • 4th Class5
  • 5th Class6
  • 6th Class3

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 8 4 6 6 3 5 5.3
Senior Infants 5 8 6 6 6 5 6.0
1st Class 3 5 5 6 6 5 5.0
2nd Class 8 3 5 5 6 6 5.5
3rd Class 13 8 4 6 5 6 7.0
4th Class 9 13 9 4 6 5 7.7
5th Class 14 9 10 9 4 6 8.7
6th Class 6 14 10 12 9 3 9.0

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

8 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.

  1. 8Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 8Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 51st Class2022/23
  4. 52nd Class2023/24
  5. 53rd Class2024/25
  6. 54th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +86th Class in 2021/22 (6 to 14)
  • −66th Class in 2025/26 (9 to 3)

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 an Fhirtearaigh, 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

3.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 4 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers20 hours of support teaching a week 0.8

0.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 0.8 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 Scoil an Fhirtearaigh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Scoil an Fhirtearaigh
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Scoil an FhirtearaighThis school – 41
−36.9%
1 SN Mhaolcheadair4.1 km · Baile na nGall · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 4.1 km 31
−3.1%
2 S N Naomh Gobnait4.9 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 4.9 km 38
+40.7%
3 SN Ceann Tra Meascaithe5.0 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 5.0 km 62
+5.1%
4 Scoil Caitlin Naofa6.0 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 6.0 km 8
−63.6%
5 Scoil Naisiunta Eirc7.1 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht 7.1 km 68
+78.9%
6 SN an Ghleanna8.1 km · Daingean Uí Chúis · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 8.1 km 24
−7.7%
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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
Lisa Ní Ghairbhín
Address
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Chiarraí, V92 X795

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Kerry
School type
Ordinary
School level
All Through
DEIS
Not DEIS

Language and area

Irish classification
All subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
Gaeltacht
Island
Not on an island
Local authority
Kerry County Council
Planning area
Dingle

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 41 18 23 55566563
2024/25 45 18 27 36665649
2023/24 54 26 28 666564912
2022/23 55 28 27 6655491010
2021/22 64 33 31 4853813914
2020/21 66 33 33 8538139146
2019/20 69 36 33 ––––––––
2018/19 69 36 33 ––––––––
2017/18 72 38 34 ––––––––
2016/17 69 38 31 ––––––––
2015/16 65 37 28 ––––––––
2014/15 64 36 28 ––––––––
2013/14 56 29 27 ––––––––
2012/13 57 28 29 ––––––––
2011/12 56 26 30 ––––––––
2010/11 65 34 31 ––––––––
2009/10 68 35 33 ––––––––
2008/09 69 37 32 ––––––––
2007/08 65 31 34 ––––––––
2006/07 65 32 33 ––––––––
2005/06 72 35 37 ––––––––
2004/05 65 33 32 ––––––––
2003/04 67 35 32 ––––––––
2002/03 80 35 45 ––––––––
2001/02 78 37 41 ––––––––
2000/01 81 37 44 ––––––––
1999/00 85 44 41 ––––––––
1998/99 97 50 47 ––––––––
1997/98 86 48 38 ––––––––
1996/97 93 47 46 ––––––––
1995/96 100 55 45 ––––––––
1994/95 95 52 43 ––––––––
1993/94 101 53 48 ––––––––
1983/84 90 37 53 ––––––––
1982/83 99 40 59 ––––––––
1981/82 92 40 52 ––––––––
1980/81 101 44 57 ––––––––
1979/80 101 43 58 ––––––––
1978/79 104 – – ––––––––
1977/78 114 52 62 ––––––––
1976/77 115 53 62 ––––––––
1975/76 115 – – ––––––––
1974/75 117 63 54 ––––––––