S N Muire gan Smal

Tubbercurry · Roll number 18029A

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
103
+16 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+36%
Up 27 from 76 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
49 / 54
48% girls
Teachers
about 6
5 class teachers, 20.6 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

103 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants16
  • Senior Infants16
  • 1st Class12
  • 2nd Class13
  • 3rd Class10
  • 4th Class9
  • 5th Class14
  • 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 10 7 12 13 16 16 12.3
Senior Infants 10 10 8 11 13 16 11.3
1st Class 10 11 9 9 10 12 10.2
2nd Class 7 10 11 9 10 13 10.0
3rd Class 2 5 10 11 8 10 7.7
4th Class 7 3 5 10 11 9 7.5
5th Class 7 7 3 6 11 14 8.0
6th Class 10 7 7 3 8 13 8.0

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.

  1. 10Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 10Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 91st Class2022/23
  4. 92nd Class2023/24
  5. 83rd Class2024/25
  6. 94th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +5Junior Infants in 2022/23 (7 to 12)
  • −44th Class in 2021/22 (7 to 3)

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 Muire gan Smal, 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

5.9teaching 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 teachers22.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.9

1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher 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 Muire gan Smal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Muire gan Smal
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Muire gan SmalThis school – 103
+35.5%
1 Holy Family School3.3 km · Tubbercurry · DEIS 3.3 km 192
+1.6%
2 Our Lady's National School4.1 km · Tourlestrane 4.1 km 40
−16.7%
3 Cloonacool N S4.9 km · Tubbercurry 4.9 km 103
+3.0%
4 Moylough N S5.5 km · Tubbercurry 5.5 km 100
−8.3%
5 SN Muire gan Smal5.5 km · Curry 5.5 km 76
−14.6%
6 Castlerock N S6.1 km · Aclare · DEIS 6.1 km 31
−32.6%
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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
Micheal Forde
Address
Druimeanna, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, F91 DW65

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Achonry
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

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
2025/26 103 49 54 161612131091413
2024/25 87 42 45 16131010811118
2023/24 72 34 38 131199111063
2022/23 65 29 36 12891110537
2021/22 60 27 33 71011105377
2020/21 63 33 30 101010727710
2019/20 65 35 30 ––––––––
2018/19 65 35 30 ––––––––
2017/18 63 31 32 ––––––––
2016/17 63 29 34 ––––––––
2015/16 76 35 41 ––––––––
2014/15 73 35 38 ––––––––
2013/14 82 40 42 ––––––––
2012/13 89 45 44 ––––––––
2011/12 81 40 41 ––––––––
2010/11 81 40 41 ––––––––
2009/10 87 45 42 ––––––––
2008/09 91 45 46 ––––––––
2007/08 84 44 40 ––––––––
2006/07 87 43 44 ––––––––
2005/06 98 47 51 ––––––––
2004/05 93 42 51 ––––––––
2003/04 99 44 55 ––––––––
2002/03 98 46 52 ––––––––
2001/02 93 43 50 ––––––––
2000/01 97 48 49 ––––––––
1999/00 107 50 57 ––––––––
1998/99 103 46 57 ––––––––
1997/98 108 47 61 ––––––––
1996/97 105 46 59 ––––––––
1995/96 101 46 55 ––––––––
1994/95 101 43 58 ––––––––
1993/94 107 44 63 ––––––––
1983/84 96 37 59 ––––––––
1982/83 92 33 59 ––––––––
1981/82 86 31 55 ––––––––
1980/81 75 28 47 ––––––––
1979/80 71 23 48 ––––––––
1978/79 51 – 34 ––––––––
1977/78 42 14 28 ––––––––
1976/77 37 13 24 ––––––––
1974/75 38 16 22 ––––––––