Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire
Newmarket-on-Fergus · Roll number 20127M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 238
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +14%
- Up 29 from 209 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 127 / 111
- 53% girls
Pupils since 2000
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
238 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 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 26.2 |
| Senior Infants | 36 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 34 | 28.3 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 35 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 27.5 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 28 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 29.5 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 31 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 25 | 30.3 |
| 4th Class | 32 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 39 | 32 | 31.3 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 39 | 31.3 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 29.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 25Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 271st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 27Senior Infants2021/22
- 291st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 323rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 36Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 372nd Class2022/23
- 403rd Class2023/24
- 394th Class2024/25
- 395th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 314th Class2022/23
- 325th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
32 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 324th Class2020/21
- 335th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +123rd Class in 2023/24 (28 to 40)
- −9Senior Infants in 2021/22 (36 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 Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire, 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
16.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers120 hours of support teaching a week 4.8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.75 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. 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 Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Maighdine MhuireThis school | – | 238 |
+13.9%
|
|
| 1 | Ballycar N S3.0 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 3.0 km | 34 |
−2.9%
|
| 2 | Stonehall N S4.3 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 4.3 km | 101 |
−1.9%
|
| 3 | St Aidans NS6.2 km · Shannon | 6.2 km | 260 |
−2.6%
|
| 4 | S N Dubh Rath6.4 km · Clarecastle | 6.4 km | 113 |
+32.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan6.5 km · Quin | 6.5 km | 330 |
+5.1%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Donncha Rua6.6 km · Sionna · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 6.6 km | 68 |
+4.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Moira McMahon
- Phone
- 061368333
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ennis Road, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare, V95 FX59
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Shannon
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
26 school years from 2000/01 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 238 | 127 | 111 | 29 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 248 | 136 | 112 | 34 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 30 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 240 | 124 | 116 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 239 | 122 | 117 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 233 | 120 | 113 | 22 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 33 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 234 | 121 | 113 | 25 | 36 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 240 | 121 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 223 | 107 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 217 | 99 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 209 | 107 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 206 | 106 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 192 | 98 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 183 | 90 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 186 | 91 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 183 | 94 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 182 | 100 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 185 | 105 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 180 | 98 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 178 | 97 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 176 | 93 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 186 | 103 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 193 | 101 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 190 | 96 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 189 | 97 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 192 | 96 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |