Presentation Primary School
Waterford · Roll number 19955T
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 446
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 35 from 411 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 437 / 9
- 98% 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
446 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 | 52 | 49 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 51 | 46.2 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 50 | 55 | 41 | 45 | 47 | 46.8 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 47 | 53 | 52 | 45 | 48 | 49.7 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 53 | 49 | 60 | 52 | 50 | 52.5 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 51 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 58 | 56.8 |
| 4th Class | 47 | 53 | 64 | 63 | 57 | 67 | 58.5 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 49 | 52 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 57.5 |
| 6th Class | 46 | 60 | 55 | 52 | 63 | 64 | 56.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
41 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 47 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2024/25
- 47Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 50 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 41Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 502nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2021/22
- 55Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 67 in 4th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 602nd Class2023/24
- 613rd Class2024/25
- 674th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 61 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 583rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 615th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 603rd Class2022/23
- 634th Class2023/24
- 625th Class2024/25
- 646th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
51 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 512nd Class2020/21
- 513rd Class2021/22
- 644th Class2022/23
- 645th Class2023/24
- 636th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
47 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 8 pupils more.
- 474th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2021/22 (46 to 60)
- −14Senior Infants in 2023/24 (55 to 41)
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
34.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 35 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes 2
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 8 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 | – | 446 |
+8.5%
|
|
| 1 | Mount Sion CBS N S0.6 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 0.6 km | 360 |
+22.0%
|
| 2 | An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School0.7 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 234 |
−22.5%
|
| 3 | Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.S.0.7 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 292 |
−3.9%
|
| 4 | St Pauls B N S0.7 km · Waterford · DEIS | 0.7 km | 267 |
+20.8%
|
| 5 | St Stephens N S1.0 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 363 |
−14.6%
|
| 6 | S N Ursula Naofa1.2 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 1.2 km | 620 |
−11.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Áine Máire Uí Mheadra
- Phone
- 051374995
- [email protected]
- Address
- Slievekeale Road, Waterford, X91 CR44
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- 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
- Waterford City Council
- Planning area
- Waterford
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 | 446 | 437 | 9 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 61 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 439 | 428 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 445 | 433 | 12 | 43 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 58 | 63 | 64 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 439 | 430 | 9 | 41 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 60 | 64 | 52 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 425 | 416 | 9 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 414 | 401 | 13 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 47 | 57 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 415 | 403 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 430 | 420 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 414 | 406 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 416 | 408 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 411 | 401 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 403 | 393 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 394 | 386 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 426 | 417 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 433 | 426 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 446 | 442 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 461 | 456 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 466 | 459 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 454 | 448 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 459 | 452 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 459 | 452 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 447 | 442 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 443 | 439 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 451 | 448 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 471 | 468 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 489 | 487 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 513 | 507 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 516 | 512 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 553 | 547 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 579 | 573 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 571 | 571 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 602 | 602 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 591 | 591 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |