CBS Primary Wexford
Wexford · Roll number 17217T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 379
- +13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +68%
- Up 154 from 225 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 152 / 227
- 40% 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
379 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 | 45 | 31 | 39 | 45 | 29 | 45 | 39.0 |
| Senior Infants | 57 | 47 | 24 | 43 | 44 | 33 | 41.3 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 59 | 51 | 26 | 45 | 51 | 43.8 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 38 | 58 | 57 | 28 | 48 | 43.0 |
| 3rd Class | 32 | 26 | 44 | 65 | 58 | 31 | 42.7 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 35 | 31 | 46 | 63 | 57 | 42.3 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 52 | 63 | 39.7 |
| 6th Class | 19 | 31 | 26 | 35 | 34 | 51 | 32.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 33 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 33Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
45 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 51 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 511st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 43Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2020/21
- 47Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 572nd Class2023/24
- 583rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 63 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 57Senior Infants2020/21
- 591st Class2021/22
- 582nd Class2022/23
- 653rd Class2023/24
- 634th Class2024/25
- 635th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 382nd Class2021/22
- 443rd Class2022/23
- 464th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 314th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 346th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
32 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 323rd Class2020/21
- 354th Class2021/22
- 355th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +281st Class in 2021/22 (31 to 59)
- −292nd Class in 2024/25 (57 to 28)
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 CBS Primary Wexford, 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
24.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers120 hours of support teaching a week 4.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes and 2 autism classes 4
11.65 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 11.65 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 CBS Primary Wexford, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS Primary WexfordThis school | – | 379 |
+68.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Iberius N S0.5 km · Wexford · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 93 |
−4.1%
|
| 2 | S N Clochar Mhuire0.7 km · Wexford | 0.7 km | 368 |
+4.2%
|
| 3 | Faythe Convent0.8 km · Wexford · DEIS | 0.8 km | 226 |
−16.0%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Loch Garman0.8 km · Loch Garman · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 208 |
−8.4%
|
| 5 | Convent of Mercy1.0 km · Wexford · DEIS | 1.0 km | 406 |
−10.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts1.4 km · Wexford · DEIS | 1.4 km | 573 |
−6.2%
|
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
- Vicky Barron
- Phone
- 0539141324
- [email protected]
- Address
- Green Street, Wexford, Y35 H343
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- 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
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Wexford
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 | 379 | 152 | 227 | 45 | 33 | 51 | 48 | 31 | 57 | 63 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 366 | 158 | 208 | 29 | 44 | 45 | 28 | 58 | 63 | 52 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | 359 | 148 | 211 | 45 | 43 | 26 | 57 | 65 | 46 | 35 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 320 | 131 | 189 | 39 | 24 | 51 | 58 | 44 | 31 | 35 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 303 | 115 | 188 | 31 | 47 | 59 | 38 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 269 | 99 | 170 | 45 | 57 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 29 | 19 |
| 2019/20 | 238 | 83 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 203 | 63 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 203 | 47 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 216 | 43 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 225 | 25 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 250 | 13 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 236 | 0 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 223 | 0 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 219 | 0 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 228 | 0 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 241 | 0 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 242 | 0 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 242 | 0 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 244 | 0 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 257 | 0 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 265 | 0 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 257 | 0 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 250 | 0 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 283 | 0 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 287 | – | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 310 | 0 | 310 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 309 | – | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 316 | 0 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 299 | – | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 327 | – | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 341 | – | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 661 | 0 | 661 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 689 | 0 | 689 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 721 | 0 | 721 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 751 | 0 | 751 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 340 | 0 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 826 | 0 | 826 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 860 | 0 | 860 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 865 | 0 | 865 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 819 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 841 | 0 | 841 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |