St Oliver Plunketts NS
Athenry · Roll number 19449E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 199
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +9%
- Up 17 from 182 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 98 / 101
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
199 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 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 22.5 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 22.5 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 23.5 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 23.8 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 25.5 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 31 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 26.2 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 26 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 26.8 |
| 6th Class | 24 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 26.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
28 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior 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
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
22 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 24 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 23Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 243rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 284th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 242nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 275th Class2024/25
- 276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 203rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 325th Class2022/23
- 326th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2024/25 (17 to 28)
- −116th Class in 2024/25 (32 to 21)
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 Oliver Plunketts 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
12.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
4.25 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers and 4.25 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 St Oliver Plunketts NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Oliver Plunketts NSThis school | – | 199 |
+9.3%
|
|
| 1 | SN Muine Mhea3.9 km · Athenry | 3.9 km | 251 |
+64.1%
|
| 2 | Athenry Primary School6.3 km · Athenry | 6.3 km | 501 | – |
| 3 | Gaelscoil Riada6.3 km · Baile Átha an Rí · Gaelscoil | 6.3 km | 158 |
−40.4%
|
| 4 | Carnain N.S.7.1 km · Athenry | 7.1 km | 89 |
−15.2%
|
| 5 | Esker N S7.2 km · Athenry | 7.2 km | 65 |
−38.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Iarlatha Naofa7.8 km · Ballinasloe | 7.8 km | 53 |
−35.4%
|
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
- Claire O'Connor
- Phone
- 091849178
- [email protected]
- Address
- Newcastle, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 T680
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Athenry
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
40 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 199 | 98 | 101 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 101 | 98 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 95 | 99 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 198 | 103 | 95 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 32 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 107 | 93 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 31 | 26 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 192 | 95 | 97 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 24 |
| 2019/20 | 193 | 96 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 199 | 101 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 205 | 103 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 196 | 98 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 182 | 88 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 189 | 89 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 181 | 82 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 183 | 83 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 163 | 81 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 155 | 77 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 140 | 65 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 131 | 58 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 128 | 56 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 118 | 51 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 108 | 50 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 103 | 50 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 107 | 47 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 108 | 49 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 102 | 46 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 89 | 42 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 84 | 41 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 76 | 39 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 72 | 38 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 73 | 39 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 67 | 39 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 77 | 45 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 78 | 44 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 102 | 45 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 106 | 47 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 99 | 50 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 105 | 50 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 102 | 49 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 90 | 40 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |