Scoil Naomh Ioseph
Gorey · Roll number 18280I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 522
- +8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +41%
- Up 151 from 371 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 225 / 297
- 43% 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
522 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 | 62 | 65 | 59 | 62 | 45 | 65 | 59.7 |
| Senior Infants | 75 | 61 | 63 | 55 | 61 | 51 | 61.0 |
| 1st Class | 85 | 78 | 60 | 64 | 57 | 62 | 67.7 |
| 2nd Class | 58 | 79 | 80 | 58 | 62 | 59 | 66.0 |
| 3rd Class | 65 | 58 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 62 | 67.5 |
| 4th Class | 62 | 63 | 59 | 80 | 82 | 60 | 67.7 |
| 5th Class | 63 | 61 | 65 | 58 | 80 | 82 | 68.2 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 65 | 62 | 65 | 61 | 81 | 65.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
45 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 51 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2024/25
- 51Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
62 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 62 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 62Junior Infants2023/24
- 61Senior Infants2024/25
- 621st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
59 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 59 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 59Junior Infants2022/23
- 55Senior Infants2023/24
- 571st Class2024/25
- 592nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 62 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 65Junior Infants2021/22
- 63Senior Infants2022/23
- 641st Class2023/24
- 622nd Class2024/25
- 623rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
62 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 62Junior Infants2020/21
- 61Senior Infants2021/22
- 601st Class2022/23
- 582nd Class2023/24
- 603rd Class2024/25
- 604th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 75Senior Infants2020/21
- 781st Class2021/22
- 802nd Class2022/23
- 803rd Class2023/24
- 824th Class2024/25
- 825th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
85 in 1st Class (2020/21), 81 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 851st Class2020/21
- 792nd Class2021/22
- 803rd Class2022/23
- 804th Class2023/24
- 805th Class2024/25
- 816th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
58 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 582nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 594th Class2022/23
- 585th Class2023/24
- 616th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
65 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 653rd Class2020/21
- 634th Class2021/22
- 655th Class2022/23
- 656th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
62 in 4th Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 624th Class2020/21
- 615th Class2021/22
- 626th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
63 in 5th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 635th Class2020/21
- 656th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +223rd Class in 2022/23 (58 to 80)
- −222nd Class in 2023/24 (80 to 58)
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 Scoil Naomh Ioseph, 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
31.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers180 hours of support teaching a week 7.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.33 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 Scoil Naomh Ioseph, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh IosephThis school | – | 522 |
+40.7%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog0.5 km · Guaire · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 152 |
−37.7%
|
| 2 | Gorey Educate Together NS0.5 km · Gorey · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 369 |
−15.6%
|
| 3 | Gorey Central School1.1 km · Gorey · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 237 |
+11.8%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil Loreto1.6 km · Gorey | 1.6 km | 665 |
−0.9%
|
| 5 | S N Padraig5.4 km · Craanford | 5.4 km | 152 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | S N Coill an Iarainn6.1 km · Gorey | 6.1 km | 218 |
+49.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Padraig Cronin
- Phone
- 0539421178
- [email protected]
- Address
- Gorey, Co. Wexford, Y25 E135
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
- 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 | 522 | 225 | 297 | 65 | 51 | 62 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 82 | 81 |
| 2024/25 | 514 | 221 | 293 | 45 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 82 | 80 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 522 | 226 | 296 | 62 | 55 | 64 | 58 | 80 | 80 | 58 | 65 |
| 2022/23 | 528 | 218 | 310 | 59 | 63 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 59 | 65 | 62 |
| 2021/22 | 530 | 214 | 316 | 65 | 61 | 78 | 79 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 65 |
| 2020/21 | 526 | 194 | 332 | 62 | 75 | 85 | 58 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 504 | 177 | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 472 | 168 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 424 | 135 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 397 | 103 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 371 | 71 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 342 | 43 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 267 | 0 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 264 | 0 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 267 | 0 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 257 | 0 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 269 | 0 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 288 | 0 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 286 | 0 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 269 | 0 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 269 | 0 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 267 | 0 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 244 | 0 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 255 | 0 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 243 | 0 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 241 | 0 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 248 | 0 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 268 | 0 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 258 | 0 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 263 | 0 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 254 | – | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 258 | – | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 246 | – | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 291 | 0 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 290 | 0 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 267 | 0 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 281 | 0 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 296 | 0 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 296 | 0 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 278 | 0 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 268 | 0 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 237 | 0 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |