S N Mhuire
Barntown · Roll number 17913Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 336
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +26%
- Up 69 from 267 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 156 / 180
- 46% 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
336 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 | 29 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 50 | 35 | 37.5 |
| Senior Infants | 38 | 30 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 48 | 39.3 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 37 | 33 | 44 | 38 | 41 | 39.7 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 47 | 37 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 37.2 |
| 3rd Class | 39 | 26 | 49 | 42 | 31 | 46 | 38.8 |
| 4th Class | 36 | 41 | 27 | 52 | 44 | 32 | 38.7 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 36 | 43 | 29 | 56 | 45 | 38.5 |
| 6th Class | 40 | 24 | 38 | 44 | 31 | 53 | 38.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
50 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 48 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2024/25
- 48Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
35 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 41 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2023/24
- 39Senior Infants2024/25
- 411st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 36 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 381st Class2024/25
- 362nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
38 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 46 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2021/22
- 41Senior Infants2022/23
- 441st Class2023/24
- 452nd Class2024/25
- 463rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 331st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
38 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 45 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 38Senior Infants2020/21
- 371st Class2021/22
- 372nd Class2022/23
- 423rd Class2023/24
- 444th Class2024/25
- 455th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
39 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 393rd Class2020/21
- 414th Class2021/22
- 435th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
36 in 4th Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 364th Class2020/21
- 365th Class2021/22
- 386th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 246th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +275th Class in 2024/25 (29 to 56)
- −166th Class in 2021/22 (40 to 24)
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 Mhuire, 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
21.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers112.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.83 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. 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 Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N MhuireThis school | – | 336 |
+25.8%
|
|
| 1 | Wexford Educate Together National School3.8 km · Wexford · Multi-denominational | 3.8 km | 191 |
+38.4%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts3.9 km · Wexford · DEIS | 3.9 km | 573 |
−6.2%
|
| 3 | Convent of Mercy4.5 km · Wexford · DEIS | 4.5 km | 406 |
−10.4%
|
| 4 | S N an Ghleanna4.7 km · Enniscorthy | 4.7 km | 138 |
−39.2%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Loch Garman4.8 km · Loch Garman · Gaelscoil | 4.8 km | 208 |
−8.4%
|
| 6 | S N Clochar Mhuire4.8 km · Wexford | 4.8 km | 368 |
+4.2%
|
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
- Nicola Roche
- Phone
- 0539120376
- [email protected]
- Address
- Barntown, Co. Wexford, Y35 X620
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 | 336 | 156 | 180 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 32 | 45 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 334 | 159 | 175 | 50 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 324 | 138 | 186 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 29 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 312 | 131 | 181 | 38 | 41 | 33 | 37 | 49 | 27 | 43 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | 284 | 117 | 167 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 47 | 26 | 41 | 36 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 284 | 119 | 165 | 29 | 38 | 45 | 26 | 39 | 36 | 22 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 282 | 125 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 281 | 130 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 259 | 119 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 262 | 110 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 267 | 111 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 267 | 123 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 270 | 125 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 272 | 123 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 284 | 122 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 287 | 117 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 305 | 128 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 311 | 135 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 299 | 137 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 291 | 136 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 289 | 139 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 282 | 139 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 269 | 133 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 268 | 132 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 261 | 132 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 247 | 119 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 231 | 106 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 223 | 103 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 225 | 103 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 236 | 105 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 233 | 110 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 227 | 115 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 211 | 100 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 222 | 124 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 230 | 121 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 219 | 111 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 207 | 100 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 184 | 86 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 171 | 77 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 157 | 66 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 159 | 66 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 138 | 61 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |