Killenaule N S
Thurles · Roll number 19356U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 135
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 33 from 168 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 65 / 70
- 48% 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
135 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 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 14.8 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15.3 |
| 1st Class | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16.0 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 15.3 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 15.0 |
| 4th Class | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15.2 |
| 5th Class | 18 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 17.2 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 18.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 19 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 16Senior Infants2022/23
- 171st Class2023/24
- 172nd Class2024/25
- 193rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 111st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 141st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 155th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
15 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 151st Class2020/21
- 152nd Class2021/22
- 153rd Class2022/23
- 164th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 144th Class2022/23
- 155th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 195th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
17 in 4th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 174th Class2020/21
- 185th Class2021/22
- 186th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
18 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 185th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +61st Class in 2023/24 (11 to 17)
- −54th Class in 2022/23 (19 to 14)
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 Killenaule 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
12.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.5 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Killenaule N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killenaule N SThis school | – | 135 |
−19.6%
|
|
| 1 | Moyglass N S5.2 km · Fethard | 5.2 km | 130 |
+5.7%
|
| 2 | S N Baile an Iubhair5.8 km · Thurles · DEIS | 5.8 km | 19 |
−44.1%
|
| 3 | S N Gleann Guail5.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 5.9 km | 16 |
−62.8%
|
| 4 | Lisnamrock N S7.6 km · Thurles · DEIS | 7.6 km | 65 |
−1.5%
|
| 5 | Naomh Padraig Junior8.3 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.3 km | 46 |
−11.5%
|
| 6 | Naomh Padraig Senior8.3 km · Drangan · DEIS | 8.3 km | 54 |
−16.9%
|
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
- Marie Hogan
- Phone
- 0529156447
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 RK33
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Tipperary (Sr) County Council
- Planning area
- Killenaule
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 | 135 | 65 | 70 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 138 | 65 | 73 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 140 | 70 | 70 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 135 | 67 | 68 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 140 | 69 | 71 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 134 | 66 | 68 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 140 | 65 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 150 | 75 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 154 | 72 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 161 | 80 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 168 | 88 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 161 | 80 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 162 | 75 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 163 | 71 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 174 | 76 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 174 | 78 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 170 | 81 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 178 | 80 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 178 | 78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 179 | 83 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 182 | 85 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 187 | 86 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 181 | 81 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 180 | 83 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 181 | 85 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 186 | 95 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 189 | 93 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 210 | 105 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 222 | 113 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 225 | 110 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 240 | 118 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 277 | 137 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 289 | 138 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 298 | 143 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 286 | 147 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 272 | 135 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 285 | 138 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 291 | 146 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 285 | – | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 282 | 122 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 263 | 112 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 279 | 124 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |