St Marys National School
Birr · Roll number 20068W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 93
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +4%
- Up 4 from 89 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 43 / 50
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1997
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
93 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 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 13.8 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13.7 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12.2 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 12.5 |
| 3rd Class | 8 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11.0 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 11.7 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 12.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
15 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 8 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 83rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 112nd Class2023/24
- 113rd Class2024/25
- 104th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 111st Class2021/22
- 112nd Class2022/23
- 103rd Class2023/24
- 104th Class2024/25
- 125th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 104th Class2023/24
- 95th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 195th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
8 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 83rd Class2020/21
- 74th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 76th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 125th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2024/25 (7 to 21)
- −126th Class in 2025/26 (21 to 9)
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 St Marys National 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
5.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers32.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.3
0.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers and 0.5 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. 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 St Marys National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys National SchoolThis school | – | 93 |
+4.5%
|
|
| 1 | High St Mixed N S3.7 km · Belmont | 3.7 km | 73 |
+9.0%
|
| 2 | S N Lomchluana5.9 km · Birr | 5.9 km | 33 |
−31.2%
|
| 3 | St. Cynoc's National School6.4 km · Ferbane · DEIS | 6.4 km | 189 |
−4.1%
|
| 4 | St Rynaghs N S7.8 km · Birr | 7.8 km | 249 |
−9.5%
|
| 5 | S N Chiarain Naofa8.4 km · Birr | 8.4 km | 29 |
+52.6%
|
| 6 | St Cronans Mixed N S10.6 km · Birr | 10.6 km | 72 |
+7.5%
|
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
- Bronwyn Collins
- Phone
- 0906457421
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castle Street, Cloghan, Birr, R42 E521
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Banagher
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
29 school years from 1997/98 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 93 | 43 | 50 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 105 | 53 | 52 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 99 | 50 | 49 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 104 | 55 | 49 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 95 | 51 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 97 | 52 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 97 | 52 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 97 | 48 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 94 | 46 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 85 | 37 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 89 | 39 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 86 | 40 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 75 | 36 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 73 | 31 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 59 | 24 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 50 | 22 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 57 | 30 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 59 | 28 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 65 | 35 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 62 | 31 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 77 | 38 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 90 | 46 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 100 | 55 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 101 | 51 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 112 | 59 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 120 | 63 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 122 | 64 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 122 | 65 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |