S N Ursula
Sligo · Roll number 18979F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 439
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +9%
- Up 35 from 404 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 216 / 223
- 49% 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
439 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 | 39 | 54 | 42 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 49.3 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 38 | 53 | 44 | 68 | 55 | 51.2 |
| 1st Class | 54 | 51 | 44 | 56 | 45 | 71 | 53.5 |
| 2nd Class | 53 | 55 | 52 | 48 | 57 | 48 | 52.2 |
| 3rd Class | 58 | 52 | 57 | 52 | 50 | 57 | 54.3 |
| 4th Class | 63 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 51 | 49 | 56.0 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 66 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 56 | 59.3 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 58 | 72 | 62 | 59 | 61 | 62.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
54 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 55 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 54Junior Infants2024/25
- 55Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
65 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 71 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2023/24
- 68Senior Infants2024/25
- 711st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
42 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 561st Class2023/24
- 572nd Class2024/25
- 573rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 441st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 503rd Class2024/25
- 494th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 522nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
54 in 1st Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 541st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 573rd Class2022/23
- 604th Class2023/24
- 605th Class2024/25
- 616th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
53 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 532nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 595th Class2023/24
- 596th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
58 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 583rd Class2020/21
- 574th Class2021/22
- 585th Class2022/23
- 626th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
63 in 4th Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2022/23): 9 pupils more.
- 634th Class2020/21
- 665th Class2021/22
- 726th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 586th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +261st Class in 2025/26 (45 to 71)
- −13Senior Infants in 2025/26 (68 to 55)
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 Ursula, 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
26.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.9 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.66 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 Ursula, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N UrsulaThis school | – | 439 |
+8.7%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re0.9 km · Sligeach · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 208 |
−15.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Eoin Naofa1.1 km · Sligo · DEIS | 1.1 km | 289 |
+11.2%
|
| 3 | St Brendans NS1.3 km · Sligo · DEIS | 1.3 km | 177 |
+47.5%
|
| 4 | Our Lady of Mercy N S1.4 km · Sligo · DEIS | 1.4 km | 449 |
+8.7%
|
| 5 | Sligo Project School1.7 km · Sligo · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.7 km | 52 |
+116.7%
|
| 6 | Carbury National School1.7 km · Sligo · Church of Ireland | 1.7 km | 210 |
−10.3%
|
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
- June McCormack
- Phone
- 0719162835
- [email protected]
- Address
- Strandhill Road, Sligo, F91 WD27
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- 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
- Planning area
- Sligo
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 439 | 216 | 223 | 42 | 55 | 71 | 48 | 57 | 49 | 56 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 444 | 216 | 228 | 54 | 68 | 45 | 57 | 50 | 51 | 60 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 446 | 218 | 228 | 65 | 44 | 56 | 48 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 62 |
| 2022/23 | 434 | 224 | 210 | 42 | 53 | 44 | 52 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 72 |
| 2021/22 | 431 | 209 | 222 | 54 | 38 | 51 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 66 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | 433 | 218 | 215 | 39 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 57 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 439 | 230 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 437 | 229 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 414 | 224 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 417 | 228 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 404 | 216 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 378 | 193 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 369 | 186 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 370 | 195 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 369 | 207 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 373 | 213 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 384 | 222 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 382 | 217 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 380 | 224 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 343 | 227 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 316 | 231 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 307 | 234 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 296 | 226 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 315 | 245 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 321 | 246 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 340 | 258 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 346 | 268 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 363 | 286 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 368 | 290 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 378 | 295 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 395 | 311 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 435 | 345 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 463 | 363 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 647 | 483 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 647 | 484 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 650 | 468 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 652 | 476 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 648 | 481 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 660 | – | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 650 | 459 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 652 | 465 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 593 | 421 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |