St Conaires NS
Shannon · Roll number 19274S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 338
- −15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −32%
- Down 160 from 498 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 167 / 171
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
338 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 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 38.3 |
| Senior Infants | 36 | 49 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 39.7 |
| 1st Class | 44 | 38 | 52 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 41.2 |
| 2nd Class | 39 | 47 | 44 | 53 | 39 | 32 | 42.3 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 43 | 51 | 43 | 52 | 45 | 48.2 |
| 4th Class | 62 | 54 | 44 | 52 | 44 | 55 | 51.8 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 64 | 59 | 46 | 54 | 44 | 54.3 |
| 6th Class | 72 | 60 | 65 | 59 | 46 | 54 | 59.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
39 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 36 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 39Junior Infants2024/25
- 36Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
38 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 40 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2023/24
- 38Senior Infants2024/25
- 401st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 41Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
38 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 45 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2021/22
- 38Senior Infants2022/23
- 381st Class2023/24
- 392nd Class2024/25
- 453rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 49Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 36Senior Infants2020/21
- 381st Class2021/22
- 442nd Class2022/23
- 433rd Class2023/24
- 444th Class2024/25
- 445th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
44 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 441st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
39 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 392nd Class2020/21
- 433rd Class2021/22
- 444th Class2022/23
- 465th Class2023/24
- 466th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 544th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 596th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
62 in 4th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 624th Class2020/21
- 645th Class2021/22
- 656th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2022/23 (38 to 52)
- −141st Class in 2023/24 (52 to 38)
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 Conaires NS, 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
25.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers207.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher 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 St Conaires NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Conaires NSThis school | – | 338 |
−32.1%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Donncha Rua0.4 km · Sionna · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.4 km | 68 |
+4.6%
|
| 2 | St Aidans NS0.7 km · Shannon | 0.7 km | 260 |
−2.6%
|
| 3 | Naomh Tola1.1 km · Shannon | 1.1 km | 218 |
−3.5%
|
| 4 | Shannon Airport 1 N S1.5 km · Shannon · DEIS | 1.5 km | 113 |
−10.3%
|
| 5 | Shannon Airport No 2 NS1.8 km · Shannon · Church of Ireland | 1.8 km | 51 |
+410.0%
|
| 6 | S N Cluain Muinge2.6 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 2.6 km | 205 |
+36.7%
|
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
- Peadar Breathnach
- Phone
- 061364694
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tullyvarraga, Shannon, Co. Clare, V14 X272
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Shannon
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 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 338 | 167 | 171 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 45 | 55 | 44 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 353 | 167 | 186 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 52 | 44 | 54 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 376 | 178 | 198 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 53 | 43 | 52 | 46 | 59 |
| 2022/23 | 398 | 185 | 213 | 39 | 38 | 52 | 44 | 51 | 44 | 59 | 65 |
| 2021/22 | 398 | 187 | 211 | 38 | 49 | 38 | 47 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 411 | 198 | 213 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 39 | 55 | 62 | 59 | 72 |
| 2019/20 | 416 | 206 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 445 | 221 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 461 | 232 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 489 | 239 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 498 | 239 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 495 | 239 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 500 | 252 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 495 | 264 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 515 | 276 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 503 | 264 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 524 | 265 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 520 | 259 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 515 | 261 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 501 | 256 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 478 | 233 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 464 | 218 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 432 | 205 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 402 | 187 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 399 | 189 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 390 | 190 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 395 | 199 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 395 | 198 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 407 | 203 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 411 | 204 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 424 | 212 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 437 | 217 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 449 | 220 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 735 | 366 | 369 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 794 | 388 | 406 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 793 | 393 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 789 | 392 | 397 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 751 | 376 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 775 | 389 | 386 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 763 | 387 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 738 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |