Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa
via Thurles · Roll number 19930D
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 223
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 14 from 237 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 104 / 119
- 47% 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
223 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 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 25.5 |
| Senior Infants | 36 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 28.5 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 35 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 28 | 27.3 |
| 2nd Class | 36 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 30.0 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 33 | 26 | 36 | 23 | 31 | 28.3 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 21 | 34 | 25 | 35 | 24 | 28.2 |
| 5th Class | 44 | 33 | 22 | 35 | 25 | 36 | 32.5 |
| 6th Class | 38 | 42 | 33 | 24 | 35 | 24 | 32.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 33 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 33Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 36Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 362nd Class2022/23
- 363rd Class2023/24
- 354th Class2024/25
- 365th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
36 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 362nd Class2020/21
- 333rd Class2021/22
- 344th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 356th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 335th Class2021/22
- 336th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
44 in 5th Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 445th Class2020/21
- 426th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +134th Class in 2022/23 (21 to 34)
- −13Senior Infants in 2021/22 (36 to 23)
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 Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa, 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
2.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.5 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 Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-NaofaThis school | – | 223 |
−5.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Chiarain3.7 km · Johnstown · DEIS | 3.7 km | 90 |
+8.4%
|
| 2 | S N Gort na hUaighe5.2 km · Thurles · DEIS | 5.2 km | 132 |
+11.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhichil Naofa6.0 km · Johnstown · DEIS | 6.0 km | 14 |
−51.7%
|
| 4 | S N Mhichil Naofa8.1 km · Galmoy (via Thurles) | 8.1 km | 62 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | S N Chrion Choill8.9 km · via Thurles | 8.9 km | 28 |
+12.0%
|
| 6 | S N na Maighne9.3 km · Thurles | 9.3 km | 65 |
−33.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Philip Lonergan
- Phone
- 0568831512
- [email protected]
- Address
- Urlingford, Co Kilkenny, via Thurles, E41 A567
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Johnstown
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 | 223 | 104 | 119 | 23 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 36 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 232 | 104 | 128 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 35 | 25 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 223 | 107 | 116 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 35 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 226 | 113 | 113 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 36 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 244 | 123 | 121 | 29 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 33 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | 252 | 125 | 127 | 21 | 36 | 26 | 36 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 38 |
| 2019/20 | 261 | 124 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 249 | 114 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 257 | 121 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 230 | 115 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 237 | 119 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 234 | 118 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 222 | 116 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 220 | 115 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 219 | 116 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 234 | 127 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 225 | 117 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 212 | 105 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 211 | 105 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 212 | 103 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 209 | 103 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 197 | 94 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 196 | 97 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 197 | 94 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 206 | 98 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 206 | 95 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 214 | 97 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 229 | 104 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 243 | 117 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 243 | 123 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 244 | 125 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 256 | 135 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 268 | 136 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |