S N Naomh Iosef
Clarina · Roll number 19272O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 290
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +7%
- Up 18 from 272 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 155 / 135
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
290 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 | 38 | 31 | 46 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 36.0 |
| Senior Infants | 39 | 37 | 31 | 45 | 30 | 38 | 36.7 |
| 1st Class | 32 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 44 | 31 | 35.7 |
| 2nd Class | 37 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 46 | 37.0 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 36 | 32 | 43 | 36 | 34 | 38.0 |
| 4th Class | 41 | 46 | 37 | 33 | 41 | 36 | 39.0 |
| 5th Class | 42 | 41 | 46 | 37 | 32 | 40 | 39.7 |
| 6th Class | 40 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 37 | 33 | 39.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 31 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 311st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 46 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 441st Class2024/25
- 462nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 34 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 343rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
38 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2020/21
- 37Senior Infants2021/22
- 381st Class2022/23
- 372nd Class2023/24
- 363rd Class2024/25
- 364th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 39Senior Infants2020/21
- 391st Class2021/22
- 392nd Class2022/23
- 433rd Class2023/24
- 414th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
32 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 321st Class2020/21
- 312nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 334th Class2023/24
- 325th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
37 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 372nd Class2020/21
- 363rd Class2021/22
- 374th Class2022/23
- 375th Class2023/24
- 376th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 464th Class2021/22
- 465th Class2022/23
- 466th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
41 in 4th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 414th Class2020/21
- 415th Class2021/22
- 416th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
42 in 5th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 425th Class2020/21
- 416th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2022/23 (31 to 46)
- −15Junior Infants in 2023/24 (46 to 31)
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 Naomh Iosef, 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
17.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.66 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 Naomh Iosef, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh IosefThis school | – | 290 |
+6.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil an Raithin3.3 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil | 3.3 km | 389 |
+37.0%
|
| 2 | Limerick City East Educate Together NS3.6 km · Mungret · Multi-denominational | 3.6 km | 373 |
+52.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Neassain4.4 km · Mungret | 4.4 km | 668 |
−7.9%
|
| 4 | Scoil Tobar Padraig4.9 km · Patrickswell · DEIS | 4.9 km | 143 |
−4.7%
|
| 5 | Scoil Phoil Naofa5.4 km · Dooradoyle | 5.4 km | 573 |
−13.4%
|
| 6 | Kildimo National School6.0 km · Kildimo | 6.0 km | 138 |
−25.0%
|
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
- Seamus Barry
- Phone
- 061353276
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballybrown, Clarina, Co. Limerick, V94 C586
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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
41 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 290 | 155 | 135 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 46 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 290 | 152 | 138 | 38 | 30 | 44 | 32 | 36 | 41 | 32 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 302 | 157 | 145 | 31 | 45 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 33 | 37 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | 310 | 162 | 148 | 46 | 31 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 302 | 148 | 154 | 31 | 37 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 41 | 41 |
| 2020/21 | 316 | 145 | 171 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 323 | 156 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 297 | 136 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 285 | 128 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 294 | 132 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 272 | 129 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 268 | 126 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 270 | 121 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 259 | 118 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 243 | 113 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 253 | 125 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 264 | 129 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 262 | 122 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 260 | 121 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 250 | 116 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 243 | 114 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 247 | 121 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 250 | 124 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 246 | 113 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 244 | 114 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 246 | 121 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 255 | 124 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 259 | 122 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 253 | 118 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 249 | 114 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 251 | 117 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 244 | 111 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 244 | 106 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 259 | 116 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 249 | 113 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 229 | 101 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 213 | 98 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 201 | 92 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 202 | 87 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 181 | 76 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 169 | 73 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |