S N Realt na Mara

Sligo · Roll number 17641J

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
117
+1 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+11%
Up 12 from 105 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
68 / 49
58% girls
Teachers
about 6
5 class teachers, 23.4 pupils per class. Who they are

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

117 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants15
  • Senior Infants15
  • 1st Class12
  • 2nd Class15
  • 3rd Class14
  • 4th Class13
  • 5th Class20
  • 6th Class13

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 12 12 16 12 15 15 13.7
Senior Infants 16 12 14 15 11 15 13.8
1st Class 14 16 13 16 15 12 14.3
2nd Class 11 15 17 13 15 15 14.3
3rd Class 10 11 16 20 13 14 14.0
4th Class 14 11 14 15 19 13 14.3
5th Class 9 14 12 14 15 20 14.0
6th Class 12 9 17 13 13 13 12.8

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.

  1. 12Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 12Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 131st Class2022/23
  4. 132nd Class2023/24
  5. 133rd Class2024/25
  6. 134th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +86th Class in 2022/23 (9 to 17)
  • −73rd Class in 2024/25 (20 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.

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Class sizes over time

Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at S N Realt na Mara, 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

6.1teaching posts

Our estimate: about 6 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers28 hours of support teaching a week 1.1

1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 Realt na Mara, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Realt na Mara
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Realt na MaraThis school – 117
+11.4%
1 Scoil Asicus5.2 km · Strandhill 5.2 km 252
+6.3%
2 Rathcormack N S5.4 km · Drumcliffe South 5.4 km 244
+0.4%
3 St Brendans NS5.8 km · Sligo · DEIS 5.8 km 177
+47.5%
4 S N Padraig Naofa5.8 km · Ballinfull 5.8 km 75
−21.9%
5 S N Ursula6.1 km · Sligo 6.1 km 439
+8.7%
6 Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re6.1 km · Sligeach · Gaelscoil 6.1 km 208
−15.8%
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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
Lisa Brennan
Address
Rosses Point, Sligo, F91 TR29

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Elphin
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
Sligo County Council
Planning area
Sligo

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 117 68 49 1515121514132013
2024/25 116 66 50 1511151513191513
2023/24 118 66 52 1215161320151413
2022/23 119 66 53 1614131716141217
2021/22 100 52 48 121216151111149
2020/21 98 52 46 121614111014912
2019/20 103 47 56 ––––––––
2018/19 94 42 52 ––––––––
2017/18 96 39 57 ––––––––
2016/17 96 37 59 ––––––––
2015/16 105 41 64 ––––––––
2014/15 112 43 69 ––––––––
2013/14 116 50 66 ––––––––
2012/13 117 49 68 ––––––––
2011/12 122 50 72 ––––––––
2010/11 123 52 71 ––––––––
2009/10 116 45 71 ––––––––
2008/09 122 50 72 ––––––––
2007/08 114 48 66 ––––––––
2006/07 115 51 64 ––––––––
2005/06 109 45 64 ––––––––
2004/05 112 49 63 ––––––––
2003/04 113 58 55 ––––––––
2002/03 116 64 52 ––––––––
2001/02 124 70 54 ––––––––
2000/01 134 75 59 ––––––––
1999/00 126 70 56 ––––––––
1998/99 133 67 66 ––––––––
1997/98 131 67 64 ––––––––
1996/97 140 67 73 ––––––––
1995/96 151 70 81 ––––––––
1994/95 159 75 84 ––––––––
1993/94 173 80 93 ––––––––
1983/84 241 107 134 ––––––––
1982/83 235 106 129 ––––––––
1981/82 225 99 126 ––––––––
1980/81 212 91 121 ––––––––
1979/80 185 79 106 ––––––––
1978/79 184 – 102 ––––––––
1977/78 173 75 98 ––––––––
1976/77 144 68 76 ––––––––
1974/75 125 55 70 ––––––––