S N Coill an Iarainn
Gorey · Roll number 17858L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 218
- +5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +49%
- Up 72 from 146 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 116 / 102
- 53% 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
218 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 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 26.8 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 26.8 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 25.2 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24.3 |
| 3rd Class | 10 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 22.8 |
| 4th Class | 35 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 24.8 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 36 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24.5 |
| 6th Class | 17 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 25 | 26 | 23.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 252nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
10 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 103rd Class2020/21
- 104th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 136th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
35 in 4th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 354th Class2020/21
- 365th Class2021/22
- 376th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +174th Class in 2022/23 (10 to 27)
- −254th Class in 2021/22 (35 to 10)
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 Coill an Iarainn, 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
11.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.5 special education teachers and 1.83 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 S N Coill an Iarainn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Coill an IarainnThis school | – | 218 |
+49.3%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cul Greine5.0 km · Gorey · DEIS | 5.0 km | 115 |
+15.0%
|
| 2 | S N Chaomhain Torrchoill5.7 km · Gorey | 5.7 km | 211 |
+1.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Ioseph6.1 km · Gorey | 6.1 km | 522 |
+40.7%
|
| 4 | SN Baile Thomais6.3 km · Gorey | 6.3 km | 57 |
−33.7%
|
| 5 | Bunscoil Loreto6.3 km · Gorey | 6.3 km | 665 |
−0.9%
|
| 6 | Gorey Central School6.4 km · Gorey · Church of Ireland | 6.4 km | 237 |
+11.8%
|
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
- Mary C Byrne
- Phone
- 040237405
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilanerin, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Y25 VK29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- 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
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Gorey
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 | 218 | 116 | 102 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 102 | 111 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 202 | 97 | 105 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 94 | 107 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | 186 | 88 | 98 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 172 | 79 | 93 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 35 | 21 | 17 |
| 2019/20 | 174 | 78 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 170 | 72 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 158 | 67 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 140 | 64 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 146 | 71 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 109 | 54 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 107 | 48 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 96 | 43 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 81 | 40 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 88 | 46 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 92 | 48 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 82 | 39 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 77 | 36 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 71 | 37 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 79 | 41 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 79 | 48 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 76 | 44 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 68 | 40 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 70 | 40 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 64 | 36 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 69 | 40 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 67 | 35 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 61 | 31 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 60 | 26 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 63 | 30 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 68 | 30 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 110 | 47 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 106 | 46 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 96 | 44 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 86 | 38 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 81 | 37 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 75 | 35 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 75 | 34 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 72 | 35 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 81 | 35 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |