St. Joseph's N.S.
Tullamore · Roll number 18797W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 360
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 52 from 412 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 166 / 194
- 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
360 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 | 90 | 106 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 84 | 87.3 |
| Senior Infants | 103 | 86 | 103 | 83 | 92 | 88 | 92.5 |
| 1st Class | 84 | 102 | 97 | 105 | 85 | 91 | 94.0 |
| 2nd Class | 100 | 90 | 98 | 97 | 105 | 91 | 96.8 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
80 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 88 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 80Junior Infants2024/25
- 88Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
82 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 91 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 82Junior Infants2023/24
- 92Senior Infants2024/25
- 911st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
82 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 91 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 82Junior Infants2022/23
- 83Senior Infants2023/24
- 851st Class2024/25
- 912nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
106 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 1 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 105 pupils fewer.
- 106Junior Infants2021/22
- 103Senior Infants2022/23
- 1051st Class2023/24
- 1052nd Class2024/25
- 13rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
90 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 4th Class (2025/26): 88 pupils fewer.
- 90Junior Infants2020/21
- 86Senior Infants2021/22
- 971st Class2022/23
- 972nd Class2023/24
- 24th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
103 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 5th Class (2025/26): 101 pupils fewer.
- 103Senior Infants2020/21
- 1021st Class2021/22
- 982nd Class2022/23
- 25th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
84 in 1st Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2025/26): 83 pupils fewer.
- 841st Class2020/21
- 902nd Class2021/22
- 16th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +181st Class in 2021/22 (84 to 102)
- −24Junior Infants in 2022/23 (106 to 82)
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 St. Joseph's N.S., 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
33.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers245 hours of support teaching a week 9.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 moderate general learning disability classes and a speech and language class 3
13.81 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 22 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13.81 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 St. Joseph's N.S., measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's N.S.This school | – | 360 |
−12.6%
|
|
| 1 | Arden Boys NS0.1 km · Tullamore · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 215 |
+53.6%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Philomena0.5 km · Tullamore · Girls · DEIS | 0.5 km | 164 |
+7.2%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Brighde Buach1.1 km · Tullamore · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 116 |
−24.7%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Tullamore · DEIS | 1.1 km | 249 |
−30.3%
|
| 5 | Charleville N S1.3 km · Tullamore · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 173 |
+74.7%
|
| 6 | Tullamore Educate Together NS1.3 km · Tullamore · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 236 |
+14.0%
|
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
- Bridget Clear
- Phone
- 0579341121
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ardan View, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35 PH94
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Tullamore–Killina
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 | 360 | 166 | 194 | 84 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 371 | 174 | 197 | 80 | 92 | 85 | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 376 | 174 | 202 | 82 | 83 | 105 | 97 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 397 | 189 | 208 | 82 | 103 | 97 | 98 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 404 | 178 | 226 | 106 | 86 | 102 | 90 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 399 | 177 | 222 | 90 | 103 | 84 | 100 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 408 | 182 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 395 | 179 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 414 | 193 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 426 | 208 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 412 | 194 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 382 | 176 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 363 | 177 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 338 | 168 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 338 | 171 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 349 | 182 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 359 | 189 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 349 | 176 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 337 | 169 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 329 | 170 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 323 | 170 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 326 | 179 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 295 | 151 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 295 | 143 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 272 | 117 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 266 | 117 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 257 | 115 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 262 | 120 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 257 | 126 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 258 | 129 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 283 | 137 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 294 | 134 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 314 | 139 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 552 | 296 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 532 | 269 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 509 | 269 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 503 | 256 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 499 | 252 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 443 | 246 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 445 | 255 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 421 | 248 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 447 | 280 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |