S N Bearna na hAille

Enniscorthy · Roll number 16828U

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
131
−14 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−10%
Down 15 from 146 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
60 / 71
46% girls
Teachers
about 9
6 class teachers, 21.8 pupils per class. Who they are

Pupils since 1975

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

131 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants7
  • Senior Infants12
  • 1st Class20
  • 2nd Class13
  • 3rd Class24
  • 4th Class16
  • 5th Class21
  • 6th Class18

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 18 23 11 21 12 7 15.3
Senior Infants 22 16 23 12 20 12 17.5
1st Class 17 19 18 24 13 20 18.5
2nd Class 16 17 22 16 26 13 18.3
3rd Class 24 14 18 20 16 24 19.3
4th Class 18 23 15 18 21 16 18.5
5th Class 25 17 23 17 17 21 20.0
6th Class 25 25 18 22 20 18 21.3

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.

  1. 18Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 16Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 181st Class2022/23
  4. 162nd Class2023/24
  5. 163rd Class2024/25
  6. 164th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +10Junior Infants in 2023/24 (11 to 21)
  • −132nd Class in 2025/26 (26 to 13)

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 Bearna na hAille, 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

8.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 9 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8

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

2026/27: a new special class opens

The NCSE has allocated 2.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.83 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 Bearna na hAille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Bearna na hAille
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Bearna na hAilleThis school – 131
−10.3%
1 SN Mhuire3.6 km · Bree · DEIS 3.6 km 19
−38.7%
2 S N Baile Muirne3.9 km · Enniscorthy 3.9 km 114
−14.9%
3 S N Phadraig4.2 km · Crossabeg 4.2 km 199
+1.5%
4 Glanbrian N S4.8 km · Glenbrien 4.8 km 93
+25.7%
5 S N Seosamh Nfa5.8 km · Enniscorty 5.8 km 227
+3.2%
6 Castlebridge N S6.5 km · Castlebridge 6.5 km 223
−4.3%
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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
Fergal Ó Seochrú
Address
The Oil, Oylegate, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, Y21 FN23

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Ferns
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
Wexford County Council
Planning area
Enniscorthy

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 1975/76 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
2025/26 131 60 71 712201324162118
2024/25 145 74 71 1220132616211720
2023/24 150 74 76 2112241620181722
2022/23 148 65 83 1123182218152318
2021/22 154 70 84 2316191714231725
2020/21 165 81 84 1822171624182525
2019/20 168 79 89 ––––––––
2018/19 152 71 81 ––––––––
2017/18 146 66 80 ––––––––
2016/17 141 64 77 ––––––––
2015/16 146 69 77 ––––––––
2014/15 142 68 74 ––––––––
2013/14 148 72 76 ––––––––
2012/13 149 70 79 ––––––––
2011/12 153 71 82 ––––––––
2010/11 166 81 85 ––––––––
2009/10 171 83 88 ––––––––
2008/09 173 84 89 ––––––––
2007/08 167 76 91 ––––––––
2006/07 158 75 83 ––––––––
2005/06 147 67 80 ––––––––
2004/05 138 61 77 ––––––––
2003/04 141 66 75 ––––––––
2002/03 120 54 66 ––––––––
2001/02 104 41 63 ––––––––
2000/01 90 39 51 ––––––––
1999/00 93 40 53 ––––––––
1998/99 95 43 52 ––––––––
1997/98 101 48 53 ––––––––
1996/97 98 46 52 ––––––––
1995/96 97 45 52 ––––––––
1994/95 82 36 46 ––––––––
1993/94 82 40 42 ––––––––
1983/84 145 72 73 ––––––––
1982/83 143 74 69 ––––––––
1981/82 151 79 72 ––––––––
1980/81 152 78 74 ––––––––
1979/80 150 81 69 ––––––––
1978/79 159 82 77 ––––––––
1977/78 150 78 72 ––––––––
1976/77 133 70 63 ––––––––
1975/76 134 – – ––––––––