Scoil Naomh Seosamh

Dungarvan · Roll number 16732H

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
151
+1 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+25%
Up 30 from 121 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
0 / 151
0% girls
Teachers
about 13
8 class teachers, 18.9 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

151 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants0
  • Senior Infants0
  • 1st Class0
  • 2nd Class25
  • 3rd Class32
  • 4th Class31
  • 5th Class29
  • 6th Class34

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 – – – – – 0 0.0
Senior Infants – – – – – 0 0.0
1st Class – – – – – 0 0.0
2nd Class 18 32 28 28 33 25 27.3
3rd Class 22 21 26 31 29 32 26.8
4th Class 24 22 21 30 32 31 26.7
5th Class 30 26 27 25 33 29 28.3
6th Class 32 33 29 26 23 34 29.5

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

28 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.

  1. 282nd Class2023/24
  2. 293rd Class2024/25
  3. 314th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +142nd Class in 2021/22 (18 to 32)
  • −82nd Class in 2025/26 (33 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 Naomh Seosamh, 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

12.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 13 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8

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

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 3.8 special education teachers and 5 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 Naomh Seosamh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Scoil Naomh Seosamh
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Scoil Naomh SeosamhThis school – 151
+24.8%
1 St Marys NS0.2 km · Dungarvan · DEIS 0.2 km 237
−20.7%
2 S N Dun na Mainistreach0.8 km · Dungarvan 0.8 km 455
−3.8%
3 Scoil Gearbhain2.4 km · Dún Garbhán · Gaelscoil 2.4 km 310
+24.0%
4 S N an Carraig Liath4.1 km · Dungarvan 4.1 km 98
+3.2%
5 Glenbeg N S4.3 km · Dungarvan 4.3 km 143
+3.6%
6 S N na Leanai4.7 km · Dun Garbhan · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht 4.7 km 42
−4.5%
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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
Maeve Saunderson
Address
Mitchell Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 P527

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
School type
Ordinary
School level
Senior
DEIS
DEIS

Language and area

Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
Non-Gaeltacht
Island
Not on an island
Local authority
Waterford County Council
Planning area
Dungarvan

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 151 0 151 0002532312934
2024/25 150 – 150 –––3329323323
2023/24 140 0 140 –––2831302526
2022/23 131 – 131 –––2826212729
2021/22 134 – 134 –––3221222633
2020/21 126 – 126 –––1822243032
2019/20 132 – 132 ––––––––
2018/19 131 – 131 ––––––––
2017/18 127 – 127 ––––––––
2016/17 136 0 136 ––––––––
2015/16 121 0 121 ––––––––
2014/15 125 0 125 ––––––––
2013/14 134 0 134 ––––––––
2012/13 135 0 135 ––––––––
2011/12 138 0 138 ––––––––
2010/11 147 0 147 ––––––––
2009/10 147 0 147 ––––––––
2008/09 141 0 141 ––––––––
2007/08 134 0 134 ––––––––
2006/07 144 0 144 ––––––––
2005/06 158 0 158 ––––––––
2004/05 156 0 156 ––––––––
2003/04 164 0 164 ––––––––
2002/03 161 0 161 ––––––––
2001/02 175 0 175 ––––––––
2000/01 168 0 168 ––––––––
1999/00 182 0 182 ––––––––
1998/99 178 – 178 ––––––––
1997/98 181 – 181 ––––––––
1996/97 181 0 181 ––––––––
1995/96 196 – 196 ––––––––
1994/95 212 – 212 ––––––––
1993/94 213 – 213 ––––––––
1983/84 278 0 278 ––––––––
1982/83 282 0 282 ––––––––
1981/82 276 0 276 ––––––––
1980/81 272 0 272 ––––––––
1979/80 249 0 249 ––––––––
1978/79 252 0 252 ––––––––
1977/78 268 0 268 ––––––––
1976/77 262 0 262 ––––––––
1974/75 278 0 278 ––––––––