Convent of Mercy
Wexford · Roll number 11986N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 406
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 47 from 453 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 212 / 194
- 52% 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
406 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 | 49 | 45 | 54 | 31 | 40 | 48 | 44.5 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 49 | 47 | 57 | 35 | 40 | 47.8 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 58 | 38 | 51.5 |
| 2nd Class | 44 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 50 | 57 | 53.0 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 42 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 50 | 52.5 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 56 | 43 | 56 | 61 | 51 | 53.5 |
| 5th Class | 55 | 53 | 58 | 43 | 61 | 61 | 55.2 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 47 | 61 | 56.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
40 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 40 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 40Junior Infants2024/25
- 40Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 38 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 381st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 57Senior Infants2023/24
- 581st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 49Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 542nd Class2023/24
- 543rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 61 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 561st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 614th Class2024/25
- 615th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 573rd Class2022/23
- 564th Class2023/24
- 615th Class2024/25
- 616th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
44 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 442nd Class2020/21
- 423rd Class2021/22
- 434th Class2022/23
- 435th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 564th Class2021/22
- 585th Class2022/23
- 596th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 535th Class2021/22
- 566th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
55 in 5th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 555th Class2020/21
- 566th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +185th Class in 2024/25 (43 to 61)
- −23Junior Infants in 2023/24 (54 to 31)
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 Convent of Mercy, 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
24.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers182.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.3
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers and 6 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 Convent of Mercy, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convent of MercyThis school | – | 406 |
−10.4%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Loch Garman0.3 km · Loch Garman · Gaelscoil | 0.3 km | 208 |
−8.4%
|
| 2 | Wexford Educate Together National School0.7 km · Wexford · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 191 |
+38.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts0.9 km · Wexford · DEIS | 0.9 km | 573 |
−6.2%
|
| 4 | CBS Primary Wexford1.0 km · Wexford | 1.0 km | 379 |
+68.4%
|
| 5 | St Iberius N S1.1 km · Wexford · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 93 |
−4.1%
|
| 6 | S N Clochar Mhuire1.1 km · Wexford | 1.1 km | 368 |
+4.2%
|
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
- Colm Gallagher
- Phone
- 0539123331
- [email protected]
- Address
- Whitemill Road, Wexford, Y35 DR12
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Wexford
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 | 406 | 212 | 194 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 57 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 406 | 215 | 191 | 40 | 35 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 405 | 219 | 186 | 31 | 57 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 43 | 59 |
| 2022/23 | 423 | 227 | 196 | 54 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 43 | 58 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | 414 | 225 | 189 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 42 | 56 | 53 | 56 |
| 2020/21 | 433 | 228 | 205 | 49 | 59 | 57 | 44 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 438 | 224 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 449 | 226 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 448 | 216 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 455 | 217 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 453 | 210 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 461 | 228 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 471 | 224 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 466 | 220 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 478 | 221 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 479 | 225 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 473 | 219 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 473 | 215 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 476 | 210 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 479 | 203 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 474 | 201 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 475 | 209 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 475 | 217 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 476 | 210 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 468 | 218 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 466 | 227 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 480 | 237 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 481 | 241 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 488 | 240 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 500 | 241 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 492 | 245 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 501 | 244 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 523 | 259 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 595 | 375 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 714 | 450 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 720 | 460 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 733 | 460 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 661 | 471 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 632 | 446 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 676 | 491 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 668 | 476 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 663 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 626 | 447 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |