S N Ursula Naofa
Waterford · Roll number 12535I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 620
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 83 from 703 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 620 / 0
- 100% 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
620 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 | 63 | 58 | 71 | 65 | 63 | 64 | 64.0 |
| Senior Infants | 66 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 69.0 |
| 1st Class | 73 | 76 | 70 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 73.7 |
| 2nd Class | 90 | 75 | 79 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 78.0 |
| 3rd Class | 84 | 92 | 79 | 81 | 74 | 78 | 81.3 |
| 4th Class | 89 | 87 | 92 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 84.5 |
| 5th Class | 93 | 85 | 94 | 96 | 86 | 83 | 89.5 |
| 6th Class | 101 | 90 | 86 | 99 | 104 | 92 | 95.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
63 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 72 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 63Junior Infants2024/25
- 72Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
65 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 73 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2023/24
- 72Senior Infants2024/25
- 731st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
71 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 79 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 71Junior Infants2022/23
- 72Senior Infants2023/24
- 731st Class2024/25
- 792nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
58 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 78 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2021/22
- 67Senior Infants2022/23
- 771st Class2023/24
- 742nd Class2024/25
- 783rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
63 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 79 in 4th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 63Junior Infants2020/21
- 65Senior Infants2021/22
- 701st Class2022/23
- 712nd Class2023/24
- 743rd Class2024/25
- 794th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
66 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 83 in 5th Class (2025/26): 17 pupils more.
- 66Senior Infants2020/21
- 761st Class2021/22
- 792nd Class2022/23
- 813rd Class2023/24
- 814th Class2024/25
- 835th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
73 in 1st Class (2020/21), 92 in 6th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 731st Class2020/21
- 752nd Class2021/22
- 793rd Class2022/23
- 794th Class2023/24
- 865th Class2024/25
- 926th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
90 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 104 in 6th Class (2024/25): 14 pupils more.
- 902nd Class2020/21
- 923rd Class2021/22
- 924th Class2022/23
- 965th Class2023/24
- 1046th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
84 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 99 in 6th Class (2023/24): 15 pupils more.
- 843rd Class2020/21
- 874th Class2021/22
- 945th Class2022/23
- 996th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
89 in 4th Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 894th Class2020/21
- 855th Class2021/22
- 866th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
93 in 5th Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 935th Class2020/21
- 906th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +13Junior Infants in 2022/23 (58 to 71)
- −152nd Class in 2021/22 (90 to 75)
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 S N Ursula Naofa, 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
39.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 39 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 26 mainstream classes 26
- 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 teachers232.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12.66 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 S N Ursula Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Ursula NaofaThis school | – | 620 |
−11.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Lorcain BNS0.7 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 0.7 km | 345 |
−5.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia0.8 km · Waterford · Girls | 0.8 km | 237 |
−10.9%
|
| 3 | Christ Church N S0.8 km · Waterford · Church of Ireland | 0.8 km | 114 |
−18.0%
|
| 4 | S N Deaglan0.9 km · Waterford · Boys | 0.9 km | 396 |
−9.2%
|
| 5 | Newtown Junior School1.0 km · Waterford City · Quaker | 1.0 km | 112 |
−8.2%
|
| 6 | Mount Sion CBS N S1.0 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 360 |
+22.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Caitriona Daly
- Phone
- 051873788
- [email protected]
- Address
- Inner Ring Road, Waterford, X91 HW77
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- 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
- Waterford City Council
- Planning area
- Waterford
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 | 620 | 620 | 0 | 64 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 92 |
| 2024/25 | 627 | 627 | – | 63 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 81 | 86 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 640 | 640 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 77 | 71 | 81 | 79 | 96 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 638 | 638 | – | 71 | 67 | 70 | 79 | 79 | 92 | 94 | 86 |
| 2021/22 | 628 | 628 | – | 58 | 65 | 76 | 75 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 90 |
| 2020/21 | 659 | 659 | – | 63 | 66 | 73 | 90 | 84 | 89 | 93 | 101 |
| 2019/20 | 705 | 705 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 713 | 713 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 687 | 687 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 693 | 693 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 703 | 703 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 704 | 704 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 699 | 699 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 653 | 653 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 622 | 622 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 607 | 607 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 596 | 596 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 548 | 548 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 559 | 559 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 538 | 538 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 484 | 484 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 504 | 504 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 519 | 519 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 530 | 530 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 542 | 542 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 541 | 541 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 549 | 549 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 555 | 555 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 602 | 602 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 609 | 609 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 577 | 577 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 593 | 593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 605 | 605 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 520 | 520 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 557 | 557 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 571 | 571 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 568 | 568 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 547 | 547 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 610 | 610 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 633 | 633 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 670 | 670 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 680 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 732 | 732 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |