St Pauls B N S
Waterford · Roll number 20219R
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 267
- +31 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 46 from 221 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 36 / 231
- 13% girls
Pupils since 2005
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
267 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 | 21 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 28.3 |
| Senior Infants | 17 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 27.3 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 41 | 39 | 27.5 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 36 | 24.3 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 24.8 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 29 | 24.8 |
| 5th Class | 38 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 27.8 |
| 6th Class | 33 | 36 | 18 | 33 | 30 | 40 | 31.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 37 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 37Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 39 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 391st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
36 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 36 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 36Junior Infants2022/23
- 36Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 362nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 222nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 17Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 162nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 406th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 275th Class2022/23
- 336th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 165th Class2021/22
- 186th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
38 in 5th Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 385th Class2020/21
- 366th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +181st Class in 2024/25 (23 to 41)
- −225th Class in 2021/22 (38 to 16)
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 Pauls B N S, 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
26.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers182.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
12 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12 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 St Pauls B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls B N SThis school | – | 267 |
+20.8%
|
|
| 1 | Presentation Primary School0.7 km · Waterford · DEIS | 0.7 km | 446 |
+8.5%
|
| 2 | Mount Sion CBS N S1.3 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 1.3 km | 360 |
+22.0%
|
| 3 | An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School1.3 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 1.3 km | 234 |
−22.5%
|
| 4 | Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.S.1.3 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 1.3 km | 292 |
−3.9%
|
| 5 | St Saviours NS1.4 km · Waterford · DEIS | 1.4 km | 330 |
+17.9%
|
| 6 | S N Ursula Naofa1.4 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 1.4 km | 620 |
−11.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Suzanne Griffin
- Phone
- 051376752
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lisduggan, Waterford, X91 YX80
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 267 | 36 | 231 | 29 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 21 | 215 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 230 | 12 | 218 | 33 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 24 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 200 | 7 | 193 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 193 | – | 193 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 36 |
| 2020/21 | 210 | – | 210 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 38 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 227 | – | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 238 | – | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 226 | – | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 219 | 0 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 221 | 0 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 233 | 0 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 231 | 0 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 240 | 0 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 236 | 0 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 239 | 0 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 260 | 0 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 261 | 0 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 269 | 0 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 271 | 0 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |