Gaelscoil Chluain Meala
Cluain Meala · Roll number 20007C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 315
- +24 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +49%
- Up 103 from 212 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 165 / 150
- 52% girls
Pupils since 1994
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
315 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 | 30 | 46 | 29 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 44.0 |
| Senior Infants | 28 | 30 | 48 | 28 | 54 | 50 | 39.7 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 27 | 30 | 48 | 28 | 52 | 34.7 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 49 | 27 | 30.7 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 48 | 30.3 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 26.2 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 26.0 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 25.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
50 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 50Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
55 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2023/24
- 54Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 48 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 492nd Class2024/25
- 483rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +26Junior Infants in 2023/24 (29 to 55)
- −222nd Class in 2025/26 (49 to 27)
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 Gaelscoil Chluain Meala, 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
17.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
1.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers and 1.75 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 Gaelscoil Chluain Meala, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Chluain MealaThis school | – | 315 |
+48.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Marys N S0.1 km · Clonmel | 0.1 km | 222 |
−4.3%
|
| 2 | St Marys Parochial School0.2 km · Clonmel · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 52 |
+52.9%
|
| 3 | Presentation Primary School0.5 km · Clonmel | 0.5 km | 266 |
−6.0%
|
| 4 | SN Mhuire na nAingeal0.6 km · Mary Street | 0.6 km | 407 |
−7.9%
|
| 5 | St Oliver Plunketts NS1.0 km · Clonmel · DEIS | 1.0 km | 334 |
−8.5%
|
| 6 | St Peter and Paul1.0 km · Clonmel · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 304 |
−2.9%
|
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
- Eoghan Breathnach
- Phone
- 0526127271
- [email protected]
- Address
- Baile Gaelach, Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árainn, E91 WT78
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Tipperary (Sr) County Council
- Planning area
- Clonmel
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
32 school years from 1994/95 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 315 | 165 | 150 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 27 | 48 | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 291 | 149 | 142 | 50 | 54 | 28 | 49 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 263 | 134 | 129 | 55 | 28 | 48 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 119 | 117 | 29 | 48 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 229 | 108 | 121 | 46 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 97 | 111 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 210 | 105 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 206 | 107 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 210 | 106 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 213 | 106 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 212 | 105 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 215 | 108 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 218 | 113 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 212 | 113 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 214 | 108 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 207 | 105 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 202 | 100 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 200 | 104 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 198 | 102 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 202 | 110 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 211 | 115 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 214 | 113 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 219 | 114 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 218 | 110 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 230 | 113 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 241 | 117 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 197 | 90 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 166 | 71 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 135 | 59 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 106 | 46 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 72 | 31 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 45 | 19 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |