Naomh Padraig Junior
Thurles · Roll number 19879G
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 46
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 6 from 52 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 28 / 18
- 61% 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
46 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 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 13.2 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 13.2 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 16 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 161st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
12 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 12 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2022/23
- 10Senior Infants2023/24
- 111st Class2024/25
- 122nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
13 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 181st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +6Senior Infants in 2024/25 (10 to 16)
- −7Junior Infants in 2021/22 (20 to 13)
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 Naomh Padraig Junior, 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
3.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers17.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.7
1.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.7 special education teachers and 1.33 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. 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 Naomh Padraig Junior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig JuniorThis school | – | 46 |
−11.5%
|
|
| 1 | Naomh Padraig Senior0.0 km · Drangan · DEIS | 0.0 km | 54 |
−16.9%
|
| 2 | S N Chluainin4.8 km · Fethard | 4.8 km | 65 |
−30.1%
|
| 3 | S N Michil Naofa5.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 5.9 km | 137 |
+12.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire6.7 km · Mullinahone Thurles | 6.7 km | 32 |
−30.4%
|
| 5 | Killusty N S8.1 km · Fethard | 8.1 km | 4 |
−89.7%
|
| 6 | Moyglass N S8.2 km · Fethard | 8.2 km | 130 |
+5.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Bernie Fitzgerald
- Phone
- 0529152278
- [email protected]
- Address
- Drangan, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 X337
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Ballingarry
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 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 42 | 24 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 41 | 23 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 46 | 23 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 46 | 21 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 52 | 19 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 55 | 23 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 52 | 20 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 63 | 28 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 69 | 34 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 63 | 33 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 63 | 32 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 51 | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 54 | 29 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 56 | 30 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 54 | 35 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 54 | 36 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 50 | 27 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 40 | 22 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 52 | 22 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 55 | 27 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 59 | 28 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 52 | 21 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 46 | 22 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 51 | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 45 | 21 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |