Scoil Naomh Cualán
Thurles · Roll number 20451V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 198
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +38%
- Up 54 from 144 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 113
- 43% girls
Pupils since 2014
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
198 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 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 22.5 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 22.2 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 23.2 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 22.7 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 24.2 |
| 4th Class | 13 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 22.5 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 34 | 24.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 18 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 18Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 221st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2020/21
- 27Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
13 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 134th Class2020/21
- 145th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +124th Class in 2021/22 (13 to 25)
- −116th Class in 2021/22 (31 to 20)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2014/15 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, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Naomh Cualán, 2014/15 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2014/15
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 Naomh Cualán, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh CualánThis school | – | 198 |
+37.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N na hInse4.7 km · Thurles | 4.7 km | 83 |
+31.7%
|
| 2 | S N an Droma4.8 km · Templemore | 4.8 km | 41 |
−32.8%
|
| 3 | Barnane N S5.7 km · Templemore | 5.7 km | 39 |
−38.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Iosagain6.7 km · Thurles | 6.7 km | 124 |
−6.8%
|
| 5 | Ballycahill N S7.5 km · Thurles | 7.5 km | 49 |
−22.2%
|
| 6 | Gurtagarry N S8.2 km · Nenagh | 8.2 km | 67 |
+28.8%
|
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
- Michael Small
- Phone
- 050451473
- [email protected]
- Address
- Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co Tipperary, E41 EK29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Borrisoleigh
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
12 school years from 2014/15 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 198 | 85 | 113 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 85 | 112 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 83 | 118 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 190 | 78 | 112 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 185 | 79 | 106 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 192 | 82 | 110 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 186 | 82 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 183 | 76 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 170 | 73 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 159 | 71 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 146 | 63 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |