Presentation Primary School
Thurles · Roll number 19874T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 247
- +6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 12 from 235 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 176 / 71
- 71% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
247 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 | 36 | 44 | 46 | 36 | 29 | 45 | 39.3 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 34 | 47 | 45 | 37 | 28 | 37.2 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 47 | 40 | 37.5 |
| 2nd Class | 21 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 41 | 25.3 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 21.0 |
| 4th Class | 21 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 19.7 |
| 5th Class | 16 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 20.7 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 21.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
36 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 40 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2023/24
- 37Senior Infants2024/25
- 401st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
44 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 19 pupils fewer.
- 44Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 451st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 34Senior Infants2021/22
- 351st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 32Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 172nd Class2022/23
- 173rd Class2023/24
- 164th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 182nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 205th Class2024/25
- 236th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
21 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 212nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 205th Class2022/23
- 216th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
21 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 214th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
16 in 5th Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 165th Class2020/21
- 166th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Junior Infants in 2025/26 (29 to 45)
- −10Junior Infants in 2023/24 (46 to 36)
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 Presentation Primary School, 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
18.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers122.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.9
- Special class teachersFor an early intervention class and an autism class 2
6.15 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.49 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 Presentation Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Primary SchoolThis school | – | 247 |
+5.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Angela0.3 km · Thurles | 0.3 km | 219 |
−21.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Ailbhe0.7 km · Thurles | 0.7 km | 189 |
−0.5%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Durlas Eile1.1 km · Durlas · Gaelscoil | 1.1 km | 194 |
−13.4%
|
| 4 | S N Leamhach3.8 km · Thurles | 3.8 km | 117 |
+31.5%
|
| 5 | S N Rath Eilte4.8 km · Thurles | 4.8 km | 94 |
+11.9%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Peadar5.8 km · Thurles | 5.8 km | 138 |
−5.5%
|
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
- Kieran Healy
- Phone
- 050422331
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 V967
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- 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
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Thurles
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 247 | 176 | 71 | 45 | 28 | 40 | 41 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 241 | 178 | 63 | 29 | 37 | 47 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 20 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 245 | 171 | 74 | 36 | 45 | 45 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 164 | 76 | 46 | 47 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 210 | 155 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | 196 | 149 | 47 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 199 | 147 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 211 | 149 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 229 | 155 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 235 | 167 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 235 | 178 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 225 | 167 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 221 | 164 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 223 | 166 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 225 | 169 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 219 | 160 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 221 | 155 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 219 | 158 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 236 | 165 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 248 | 176 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 247 | 177 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 247 | 169 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 248 | 171 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 256 | 176 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 241 | 168 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 235 | 171 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 234 | 174 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 249 | 187 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 262 | 201 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 308 | 238 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 335 | 258 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 360 | 283 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 458 | 355 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |