S N Brighde

Ballyhaunis · Roll number 16756V

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
103
−6 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−10%
Down 11 from 114 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
49 / 54
48% girls
Teachers
about 7
5 class teachers, 20.6 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

103 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants8
  • Senior Infants10
  • 1st Class8
  • 2nd Class13
  • 3rd Class17
  • 4th Class11
  • 5th Class22
  • 6th Class14

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 10 17 13 8 10 8 11.0
Senior Infants 19 10 17 13 8 10 12.8
1st Class 12 21 12 17 13 8 13.8
2nd Class 14 12 21 12 17 13 14.8
3rd Class 14 15 12 21 11 17 15.0
4th Class 15 14 15 14 21 11 15.0
5th Class 9 15 14 15 14 22 14.8
6th Class 15 10 15 14 15 14 13.8

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.

  1. 10Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 10Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 121st Class2022/23
  4. 122nd Class2023/24
  5. 113rd Class2024/25
  6. 114th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +91st Class in 2021/22 (12 to 21)
  • −103rd Class in 2024/25 (21 to 11)

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 Brighde, 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

7teaching posts

Our estimate: about 7 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers50 hours of support teaching a week 2

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

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers and 2 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 S N Brighde, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Brighde
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N BrighdeThis school – 103
−9.6%
1 St Marys N S3.7 km · Ballyhaunis · DEIS 3.7 km 93
−6.1%
2 Tavrane Central NS5.7 km · Ballyhaunis · DEIS 5.7 km 11
−56.0%
3 Gorthaganny N S6.2 km · Loughglynn · DEIS 6.2 km 45
−48.3%
4 Scoil Iosa7.5 km · Ballyhaunis · DEIS 7.5 km 385
+19.6%
5 SN NMH Treasa7.9 km · Kilkelly · DEIS 7.9 km 57
+83.9%
6 S N Lios A Cuill M9.2 km · Castlerea · DEIS 9.2 km 94
+51.6%
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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
Josph Dillon (Acting Principal)
Address
Tooreen, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, F35 PR29

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Tuam
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
Mayo County Council
Planning area
Ballyhaunis

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 103 49 54 81081317112214
2024/25 109 50 59 108131711211415
2023/24 114 56 58 813171221141514
2022/23 119 61 58 1317122112151415
2021/22 114 63 51 1710211215141510
2020/21 108 63 45 101912141415915
2019/20 114 60 54 ––––––––
2018/19 112 63 49 ––––––––
2017/18 119 71 48 ––––––––
2016/17 114 67 47 ––––––––
2015/16 114 65 49 ––––––––
2014/15 117 65 52 ––––––––
2013/14 115 65 50 ––––––––
2012/13 108 61 47 ––––––––
2011/12 97 55 42 ––––––––
2010/11 92 50 42 ––––––––
2009/10 86 43 43 ––––––––
2008/09 80 43 37 ––––––––
2007/08 77 40 37 ––––––––
2006/07 66 34 32 ––––––––
2005/06 73 36 37 ––––––––
2004/05 65 31 34 ––––––––
2003/04 67 32 35 ––––––––
2002/03 63 28 35 ––––––––
2001/02 59 27 32 ––––––––
2000/01 65 29 36 ––––––––
1999/00 76 36 40 ––––––––
1998/99 89 44 45 ––––––––
1997/98 92 43 49 ––––––––
1996/97 97 43 54 ––––––––
1995/96 109 48 61 ––––––––
1994/95 109 45 64 ––––––––
1993/94 109 48 61 ––––––––
1983/84 121 52 69 ––––––––
1982/83 119 55 64 ––––––––
1981/82 128 56 72 ––––––––
1980/81 129 57 72 ––––––––
1979/80 123 55 68 ––––––––
1978/79 116 52 64 ––––––––
1977/78 123 53 70 ––––––––
1976/77 121 56 65 ––––––––
1975/76 126 – – ––––––––
1974/75 104 47 57 ––––––––