St Josephs N S
Arklow · Roll number 17181B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 500
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −24%
- Down 162 from 662 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 250 / 250
- 50% 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
500 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 | 60 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 56.2 |
| Senior Infants | 58 | 63 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 49 | 57.3 |
| 1st Class | 77 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 63.2 |
| 2nd Class | 61 | 80 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 65.5 |
| 3rd Class | 76 | 64 | 84 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 68.5 |
| 4th Class | 69 | 77 | 60 | 85 | 58 | 69 | 69.7 |
| 5th Class | 87 | 69 | 80 | 62 | 82 | 64 | 74.0 |
| 6th Class | 82 | 89 | 72 | 79 | 59 | 85 | 77.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
51 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
59 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 67 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2022/23
- 59Senior Infants2023/24
- 611st Class2024/25
- 672nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
66 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 64 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 66Junior Infants2021/22
- 66Senior Infants2022/23
- 661st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 643rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 69 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 60Junior Infants2020/21
- 63Senior Infants2021/22
- 661st Class2022/23
- 672nd Class2023/24
- 653rd Class2024/25
- 694th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 64 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 58Senior Infants2020/21
- 591st Class2021/22
- 582nd Class2022/23
- 583rd Class2023/24
- 584th Class2024/25
- 645th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
77 in 1st Class (2020/21), 85 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 771st Class2020/21
- 802nd Class2021/22
- 843rd Class2022/23
- 854th Class2023/24
- 825th Class2024/25
- 856th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
61 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 612nd Class2020/21
- 643rd Class2021/22
- 604th Class2022/23
- 625th Class2023/24
- 596th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
76 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 763rd Class2020/21
- 774th Class2021/22
- 805th Class2022/23
- 796th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
69 in 4th Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 694th Class2020/21
- 695th Class2021/22
- 726th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
87 in 5th Class (2020/21), 89 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 875th Class2020/21
- 896th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +266th Class in 2025/26 (59 to 85)
- −274th Class in 2024/25 (85 to 58)
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 Josephs 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
37.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 37 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers230 hours of support teaching a week 9.2
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes and a mild general learning disability class 5
13.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 35 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9 special education teachers, 6 special class teachers and 14.99 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 Josephs N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs N SThis school | – | 500 |
−24.5%
|
|
| 1 | St John's Senior School1.6 km · Arklow · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 1.6 km | 323 |
−13.9%
|
| 2 | St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School1.6 km · Arklow · DEIS | 1.6 km | 250 |
−42.5%
|
| 3 | Carysfort MXD N S2.2 km · Arklow · Church of Ireland | 2.2 km | 197 |
−8.4%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir2.4 km · An tInbhear Mór · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 2.4 km | 242 |
−29.0%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Padraig5.8 km · Arklow | 5.8 km | 76 |
−14.6%
|
| 6 | Padraig Naofa N S6.1 km · Avoca | 6.1 km | 172 |
−16.9%
|
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
- Corrina Bailey
- Phone
- 040232984
- [email protected]
- Address
- Templerainey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Y14 X856
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Arklow
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 500 | 250 | 250 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 67 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 517 | 258 | 259 | 51 | 49 | 61 | 60 | 65 | 58 | 82 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 560 | 273 | 287 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 67 | 58 | 85 | 62 | 79 |
| 2022/23 | 580 | 300 | 280 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 84 | 60 | 80 | 72 |
| 2021/22 | 601 | 306 | 295 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 80 | 64 | 77 | 69 | 89 |
| 2020/21 | 601 | 314 | 287 | 60 | 58 | 77 | 61 | 76 | 69 | 87 | 82 |
| 2019/20 | 626 | 312 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 646 | 317 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 646 | 306 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 647 | 308 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 662 | 336 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 670 | 322 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 654 | 312 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 642 | 301 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 638 | 306 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 628 | 313 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 625 | 304 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 608 | 291 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 622 | 284 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 561 | 271 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 509 | 249 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 507 | 238 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 500 | 242 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 490 | 239 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 501 | 241 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 455 | 215 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 430 | 213 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 423 | 195 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 390 | 186 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 355 | 174 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 337 | 162 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 322 | 151 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 321 | 159 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 311 | 147 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 316 | 155 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 322 | 159 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 320 | 155 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 328 | 161 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 318 | 155 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 323 | 161 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 337 | 175 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 330 | 175 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |