Sixmilebridge N S
Sixmilebridge · Roll number 16908S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 423
- −14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 103 from 526 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 212 / 211
- 50% girls
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
423 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 | 49 | 47 | 60 | 52 | 56 | 43 | 51.2 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 58 | 54.0 |
| 1st Class | 52 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 51.3 |
| 2nd Class | 43 | 50 | 57 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 51.7 |
| 3rd Class | 81 | 44 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 56.8 |
| 4th Class | 63 | 82 | 51 | 60 | 54 | 55 | 60.8 |
| 5th Class | 84 | 62 | 87 | 48 | 57 | 56 | 65.7 |
| 6th Class | 67 | 84 | 66 | 86 | 52 | 56 | 68.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 58 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 58Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
52 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
60 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 60Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 521st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 501st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
52 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 521st Class2020/21
- 502nd Class2021/22
- 563rd Class2022/23
- 604th Class2023/24
- 575th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
43 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 432nd Class2020/21
- 443rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
81 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 813rd Class2020/21
- 824th Class2021/22
- 875th Class2022/23
- 866th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
63 in 4th Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 634th Class2020/21
- 625th Class2021/22
- 666th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
84 in 5th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 845th Class2020/21
- 846th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +255th Class in 2022/23 (62 to 87)
- −395th Class in 2023/24 (87 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 Sixmilebridge N S, 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
31.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers260 hours of support teaching a week 10.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.1 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9 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 Sixmilebridge N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixmilebridge N SThis school | – | 423 |
−19.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cill Muire3.9 km · Sixmilebridge | 3.9 km | 65 |
−51.9%
|
| 2 | S N Cluain Muinge4.9 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 4.9 km | 205 |
+36.7%
|
| 3 | Cratloe N S5.2 km · Cratloe | 5.2 km | 278 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | Ballycar N S5.7 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 5.7 km | 34 |
−2.9%
|
| 5 | St Aidans NS6.8 km · Shannon | 6.8 km | 260 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | Kilkishen N S7.2 km · Ennis | 7.2 km | 134 |
+12.6%
|
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
- Gareth Heagney
- Phone
- 061369544
- [email protected]
- Address
- School Road, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, V95 TKV0
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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Shannon
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 423 | 212 | 211 | 43 | 58 | 48 | 56 | 51 | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 437 | 213 | 224 | 56 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 472 | 225 | 247 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 48 | 86 |
| 2022/23 | 493 | 245 | 248 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 57 | 56 | 51 | 87 | 66 |
| 2021/22 | 483 | 249 | 234 | 47 | 48 | 54 | 50 | 44 | 82 | 62 | 84 |
| 2020/21 | 511 | 261 | 250 | 49 | 61 | 52 | 43 | 81 | 63 | 84 | 67 |
| 2019/20 | 534 | 266 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 536 | 277 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 530 | 267 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 557 | 276 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 526 | 264 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 506 | 248 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 492 | 227 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 453 | 203 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 421 | 192 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 401 | 189 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 375 | 176 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 376 | 173 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 328 | 149 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 313 | 142 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 282 | 134 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 270 | 125 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 248 | 113 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 261 | 113 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 249 | 109 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 251 | 121 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 272 | 136 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 272 | 138 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 296 | 147 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 295 | 151 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 327 | 169 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 334 | 177 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 341 | 180 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 227 | 110 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 282 | 136 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 286 | 136 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 283 | 130 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 283 | 126 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 291 | 140 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 288 | 136 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |