S N Iosef Naofa
Templemore · Roll number 17731K
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 163
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +12%
- Up 17 from 146 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 133 / 30
- 82% 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
163 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 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 32 | 27 | 28.3 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 31.7 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 16.7 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 17.2 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 18.7 |
| 4th Class | 17 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 18.0 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 20.8 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 21.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 29 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 29Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): 24 pupils fewer.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 191st Class2021/22
- 202nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
16 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 162nd Class2020/21
- 173rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 195th Class2023/24
- 206th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
17 in 4th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 174th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +10Junior Infants in 2024/25 (22 to 32)
- −12Senior Infants in 2021/22 (43 to 31)
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 S N Iosef Naofa, 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
15.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers92.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.15 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 S N Iosef Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Iosef NaofaThis school | – | 163 |
+11.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Marys N S0.3 km · Templemore · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.3 km | 24 |
0.0%
|
| 2 | St Colmcilles Primary School0.5 km · Templemore · Boys · DEIS | 0.5 km | 109 |
+23.9%
|
| 3 | Castle Iny N S3.0 km · Templemore | 3.0 km | 31 |
−8.8%
|
| 4 | Killea N S4.5 km · Templemore | 4.5 km | 19 |
−56.8%
|
| 5 | Loch Mor Maigh N S4.6 km · Templemore | 4.6 km | 86 |
−2.3%
|
| 6 | Clonmore N S5.5 km · Templemore | 5.5 km | 96 |
+31.5%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Elaine Foley
- Phone
- 050431141
- [email protected]
- Address
- Templemore, Co. Tipperary, E41 W132
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
- Templemore
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 | 163 | 133 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 142 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 144 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 145 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | 186 | 148 | 38 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 186 | 149 | 37 | 28 | 43 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 202 | 153 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 181 | 143 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 178 | 139 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 170 | 134 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 146 | 118 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 149 | 123 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 142 | 110 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 141 | 101 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 140 | 99 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 143 | 108 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 140 | 115 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 151 | 116 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 166 | 127 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 164 | 130 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 172 | 135 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 166 | 138 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 168 | 146 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 164 | 138 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 167 | 138 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 158 | 137 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 158 | 135 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 182 | 148 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 186 | 150 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 216 | 165 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 203 | 160 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 219 | 174 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 222 | 183 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 316 | 242 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 338 | 256 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 318 | 248 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 314 | 252 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 327 | 265 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 358 | – | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 375 | 288 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 365 | 285 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 352 | 288 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |