St Oliver Plunketts NS
Clonmel · Roll number 19645E
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 334
- +23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 31 from 365 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 148 / 186
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1982
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
334 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 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 25 | 45 | 37.3 |
| Senior Infants | 31 | 44 | 41 | 32 | 46 | 30 | 37.3 |
| 1st Class | 43 | 32 | 43 | 40 | 33 | 47 | 39.7 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 45 | 29 | 44 | 41 | 36 | 39.3 |
| 3rd Class | 37 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 43 | 39 | 39.5 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 33 | 46 | 40.7 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 44 | 37 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 43.3 |
| 6th Class | 39 | 48 | 46 | 38 | 42 | 51 | 44.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
25 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
40 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 36 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 362nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
39 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 39 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 39Junior Infants2021/22
- 41Senior Infants2022/23
- 401st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 393rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 46 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 44Senior Infants2021/22
- 431st Class2022/23
- 442nd Class2023/24
- 433rd Class2024/25
- 464th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 31Senior Infants2020/21
- 321st Class2021/22
- 292nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 334th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
43 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 431st Class2020/21
- 452nd Class2021/22
- 453rd Class2022/23
- 444th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 423rd Class2021/22
- 424th Class2022/23
- 435th Class2023/24
- 426th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
37 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 373rd Class2020/21
- 364th Class2021/22
- 375th Class2022/23
- 386th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +20Junior Infants in 2025/26 (25 to 45)
- −162nd Class in 2022/23 (45 to 29)
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
26.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers242.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.7
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 10.2 special education teachers and 3 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 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 | – | 334 |
−8.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Marys Parochial School0.7 km · Clonmel · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 52 |
+52.9%
|
| 2 | St Marys N S0.9 km · Clonmel | 0.9 km | 222 |
−4.3%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Chluain Meala1.0 km · Cluain Meala · Gaelscoil | 1.0 km | 315 |
+48.6%
|
| 4 | SN Mhuire na nAingeal1.1 km · Mary Street | 1.1 km | 407 |
−7.9%
|
| 5 | St Peter and Paul1.2 km · Clonmel · Boys · DEIS | 1.2 km | 304 |
−2.9%
|
| 6 | Presentation Primary School1.3 km · Clonmel | 1.3 km | 266 |
−6.0%
|
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
- Valerie Slattery
- Phone
- 0526121016
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mountain View, Elm Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, E91 NW22
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Clonmel
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
35 school years from 1982/83 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 334 | 148 | 186 | 45 | 30 | 47 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 40 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 311 | 147 | 164 | 25 | 46 | 33 | 41 | 43 | 33 | 48 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 312 | 150 | 162 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 31 | 44 | 43 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | 316 | 154 | 162 | 33 | 41 | 43 | 29 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 330 | 165 | 165 | 39 | 44 | 32 | 45 | 42 | 36 | 44 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 324 | 163 | 161 | 42 | 31 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 48 | 39 |
| 2019/20 | 322 | 162 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 331 | 171 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 336 | 177 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 352 | 182 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 365 | 186 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 387 | 192 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 391 | 189 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 416 | 199 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 454 | 225 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 464 | 221 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 472 | 209 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 497 | 220 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 514 | 232 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 548 | 243 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 545 | 237 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 568 | 248 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 578 | 256 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 610 | 279 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 601 | 283 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 639 | 303 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 645 | 297 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 691 | 312 | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 688 | 311 | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 690 | 319 | 371 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 724 | 329 | 395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 713 | 325 | 388 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 742 | 324 | 418 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 388 | 179 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 222 | 96 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |