St Marys Convent
Nenagh · Roll number 16112A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 351
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 20 from 371 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 288 / 63
- 82% 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
351 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 | 47 | 43 | 38 | 29 | 32 | 38.2 |
| Senior Infants | 46 | 39 | 50 | 44 | 35 | 31 | 40.8 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 47 | 39 | 50 | 41 | 35 | 43.8 |
| 2nd Class | 43 | 53 | 46 | 42 | 49 | 41 | 45.7 |
| 3rd Class | 45 | 47 | 59 | 48 | 40 | 57 | 49.3 |
| 4th Class | 49 | 46 | 52 | 54 | 50 | 42 | 48.8 |
| 5th Class | 52 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 51.8 |
| 6th Class | 47 | 52 | 56 | 54 | 50 | 59 | 53.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 31 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 31Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
38 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 35 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 351st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
43 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 501st Class2023/24
- 492nd Class2024/25
- 573rd 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
- 39Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 424th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 46Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 593rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 555th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
43 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 432nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 524th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
45 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 453rd Class2020/21
- 464th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
49 in 4th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 494th Class2020/21
- 525th Class2021/22
- 566th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
52 in 5th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 525th Class2020/21
- 526th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +173rd Class in 2025/26 (40 to 57)
- −113rd Class in 2023/24 (59 to 48)
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 St Marys 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
24.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers137.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.5
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
10.74 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.4 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 10.74 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 St Marys Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys ConventThis school | – | 351 |
−5.4%
|
|
| 1 | Nenagh Community National School0.2 km · Nenagh · Multi-denominational | 0.2 km | 200 |
+14.3%
|
| 2 | St Marys N S0.2 km · Nenagh · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 53 |
−23.2%
|
| 3 | Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí0.4 km · Nenagh | 0.4 km | 248 |
+12.7%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Aonach0.6 km · An tAonach · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 179 |
−19.4%
|
| 5 | Carrig N S4.6 km · Nenagh | 4.6 km | 229 |
+5.0%
|
| 6 | S N Lios an Halla4.6 km · Nenagh | 4.6 km | 136 |
+8.8%
|
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
- Peadar O'Dwyer
- Phone
- 06731895
- [email protected]
- Address
- O'Rahilly Street, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, E45 DX78
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Nenagh
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
42 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 | 351 | 288 | 63 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 57 | 42 | 54 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 364 | 318 | 46 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 49 | 40 | 50 | 55 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 393 | 342 | 51 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 406 | 382 | 24 | 43 | 50 | 39 | 46 | 59 | 52 | 50 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | 395 | 384 | 11 | 47 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 46 | 52 | 52 |
| 2020/21 | 373 | 373 | – | 40 | 46 | 51 | 43 | 45 | 49 | 52 | 47 |
| 2019/20 | 374 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 370 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 375 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 372 | 372 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 371 | 371 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 384 | 384 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 388 | 388 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 398 | 398 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 410 | 410 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 435 | 435 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 423 | 423 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 426 | 426 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 421 | 421 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 404 | 404 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 391 | 391 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 395 | 395 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 360 | 360 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 355 | 355 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 339 | 339 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 333 | 333 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 334 | 334 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 363 | 363 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 366 | 366 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 392 | 392 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 420 | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 448 | 448 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 470 | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 620 | 620 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 628 | 628 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 626 | 626 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 630 | 630 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 633 | 633 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 636 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 621 | 621 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 606 | 606 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |