Scoil Ailbhe
Thurles · Roll number 17634M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 189
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- Down 1 from 190 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 19 / 170
- 10% 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
189 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 | – | – | – | 20 | 15 | 29 | 21.3 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | 21 | 15 | 18.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 19.0 |
| 2nd Class | 39 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 25.2 |
| 3rd Class | 49 | 38 | 18 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 31.8 |
| 4th Class | 32 | 49 | 39 | 19 | 31 | 32 | 33.7 |
| 5th Class | 43 | 36 | 53 | 43 | 22 | 31 | 38.0 |
| 6th Class | 38 | 46 | 35 | 52 | 48 | 25 | 40.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 21Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
27 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
19 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
39 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 392nd Class2020/21
- 383rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 435th Class2023/24
- 486th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
49 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 493rd Class2020/21
- 494th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
32 in 4th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 324th Class2020/21
- 365th Class2021/22
- 356th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
43 in 5th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 435th Class2020/21
- 466th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +174th Class in 2021/22 (32 to 49)
- −236th Class in 2025/26 (48 to 25)
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 Scoil Ailbhe, 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
15.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers132.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.66 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 Scoil Ailbhe, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil AilbheThis school | – | 189 |
−0.5%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Angela0.4 km · Thurles | 0.4 km | 219 |
−21.8%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Durlas Eile0.5 km · Durlas · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 194 |
−13.4%
|
| 3 | Presentation Primary School0.7 km · Thurles | 0.7 km | 247 |
+5.1%
|
| 4 | S N Leamhach3.4 km · Thurles | 3.4 km | 117 |
+31.5%
|
| 5 | S N Rath Eilte5.3 km · Thurles | 5.3 km | 94 |
+11.9%
|
| 6 | S N Micheal Naofa5.8 km · Thurles | 5.8 km | 195 |
−14.8%
|
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
- Brid Ryan
- Phone
- 050421448
- [email protected]
- Address
- Parnell Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 XY10
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Thurles
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 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 | 189 | 19 | 170 | 29 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 192 | 12 | 180 | 15 | 21 | – | 24 | 31 | 31 | 22 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 193 | 5 | 188 | 20 | – | – | 30 | 29 | 19 | 43 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | – | 172 | – | – | – | 27 | 18 | 39 | 53 | 35 |
| 2021/22 | 188 | – | 188 | – | – | – | 19 | 38 | 49 | 36 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | 201 | – | 201 | – | – | – | 39 | 49 | 32 | 43 | 38 |
| 2019/20 | 205 | – | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 187 | – | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 178 | – | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 177 | 0 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 190 | 0 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 192 | 0 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 200 | 0 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 209 | 0 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 222 | 0 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 229 | 0 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 246 | 0 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 253 | 0 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 234 | 0 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 224 | 0 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 223 | 0 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 228 | 0 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 232 | 0 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 218 | 0 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 211 | 0 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 216 | 0 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 215 | 0 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 242 | 0 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 272 | – | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 277 | – | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 299 | – | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 331 | – | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 349 | – | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 485 | 0 | 485 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 482 | 0 | 482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 478 | 0 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 462 | 0 | 462 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 444 | – | 444 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 454 | 0 | 454 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 456 | 0 | 456 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 469 | 0 | 469 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |