Naomh Padraig Senior
Drangan · Roll number 19880O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 54
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 11 from 65 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 30 / 24
- 56% 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
54 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 12.8 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12.2 |
| 6th Class | 14 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
13 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
10 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 104th Class2023/24
- 95th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
11 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 9 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 96th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
8 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 83rd Class2020/21
- 84th Class2021/22
- 85th Class2022/23
- 86th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +73rd Class in 2024/25 (13 to 20)
- −83rd Class in 2025/26 (20 to 12)
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 Senior, 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
3.9teaching 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 teachers22.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.9
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher and 1 SNA 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 Senior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig SeniorThis school | – | 54 |
−16.9%
|
|
| 1 | Naomh Padraig Junior0.0 km · Thurles · DEIS | 0.0 km | 46 |
−11.5%
|
| 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
- Orry Ryan
- Phone
- 0529152278
- [email protected]
- Address
- Newtown, Drangan, Co. Tipperary, E41 X337
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- 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 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 28 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 42 | 25 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 44 | 26 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 52 | 28 | 24 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 54 | 28 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | 53 | 21 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 52 | 19 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 61 | 26 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 65 | 33 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 56 | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 58 | 29 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 46 | 20 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 51 | 26 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 56 | 30 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 52 | 33 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 55 | 34 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 41 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 34 | 17 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 47 | 19 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 46 | 23 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 54 | 25 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 56 | 25 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 55 | 27 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 58 | 24 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 49 | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 57 | 24 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 53 | 21 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 62 | 30 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 62 | 26 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 57 | 24 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 61 | 25 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |