Scoil an Spioraid Naomh
Ballysheedy · Roll number 15680J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 267
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 25 from 292 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 128 / 139
- 48% 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
267 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 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 34.2 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 41 | 37 | 26 | 40 | 33 | 33.8 |
| 1st Class | 30 | 27 | 42 | 37 | 26 | 39 | 33.5 |
| 2nd Class | 32 | 30 | 25 | 44 | 38 | 26 | 32.5 |
| 3rd Class | 38 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 43 | 41 | 35.0 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 39 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 42 | 35.8 |
| 5th Class | 43 | 46 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 35.7 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 44 | 45 | 39 | 32 | 30 | 36.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 33 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 33Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
39 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 39 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 39Junior Infants2023/24
- 40Senior Infants2024/25
- 391st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
39 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 41 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2021/22
- 37Senior Infants2022/23
- 371st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 413rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2020/21
- 41Senior Infants2021/22
- 421st Class2022/23
- 442nd Class2023/24
- 433rd Class2024/25
- 424th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
30 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 301st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 303rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
32 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 322nd Class2020/21
- 333rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 325th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
38 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 383rd Class2020/21
- 394th Class2021/22
- 385th Class2022/23
- 396th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 465th Class2021/22
- 456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
43 in 5th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 435th Class2020/21
- 446th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +192nd Class in 2023/24 (25 to 44)
- −14Junior Infants in 2022/23 (39 to 25)
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 Spioraid Naomh, 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
15.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
3.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers and 3.33 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 Scoil an Spioraid Naomh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Spioraid NaomhThis school | – | 267 |
−8.6%
|
|
| 1 | Knockea National School3.6 km · Ballyneety | 3.6 km | 191 |
−8.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Phoil Naofa3.7 km · Dooradoyle | 3.7 km | 573 |
−13.4%
|
| 3 | Donoughmore N S3.8 km · Donoughmore | 3.8 km | 140 |
−34.9%
|
| 4 | Scoil Neassain3.9 km · Mungret | 3.9 km | 668 |
−7.9%
|
| 5 | Our Lady of Lourdes N S4.4 km · Limerick · DEIS | 4.4 km | 161 |
+11.8%
|
| 6 | Our Lady Queen of Peace School4.5 km · Limerick · DEIS | 4.5 km | 326 |
+5.2%
|
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
- Ciara Uí Mhaidín
- Phone
- 061228041
- [email protected]
- Address
- Roxborough, Ballysheedy, Co. Limerick, V94 WA29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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 | 267 | 128 | 139 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 26 | 41 | 42 | 25 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 123 | 143 | 31 | 40 | 26 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 30 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 272 | 129 | 143 | 39 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 39 |
| 2022/23 | 274 | 134 | 140 | 25 | 37 | 42 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | 299 | 148 | 151 | 39 | 41 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 46 | 44 |
| 2020/21 | 283 | 148 | 135 | 40 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 43 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 291 | 154 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 297 | 150 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 294 | 148 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 303 | 159 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 292 | 153 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 290 | 146 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 278 | 140 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 280 | 141 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 280 | 140 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 264 | 126 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 280 | 129 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 274 | 123 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 284 | 129 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 280 | 130 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 276 | 133 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 274 | 127 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 280 | 137 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 285 | 143 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 281 | 145 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 271 | 140 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 272 | 137 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 266 | 129 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 266 | 126 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 255 | 117 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 260 | 109 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 244 | 100 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 232 | 93 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 181 | 77 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 185 | 72 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 184 | 77 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 172 | 77 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 167 | 76 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 152 | 73 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 134 | 68 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 122 | 61 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 109 | 51 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |