Thomond Primary School
Limerick · Roll number 20460W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 28 from 243 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 105 / 110
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
215 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 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 28.0 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 28.8 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 26.0 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 25.3 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 29 | 24.0 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 25.3 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 27.2 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 31 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 28.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 32Senior Infants2022/23
- 271st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 24Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 32Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 243rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 356th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +131st Class in 2021/22 (18 to 31)
- −106th Class in 2023/24 (35 to 25)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Thomond Primary School, 2015/16 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
23.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers247.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Thomond Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomond Primary SchoolThis school | – | 215 |
−11.5%
|
|
| 1 | Corpus Christi N S0.5 km · Limerick · DEIS | 0.5 km | 403 |
+72.2%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Sairseal0.6 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 369 |
+61.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Chriost Ri B1.1 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 278 |
−4.1%
|
| 4 | S N Muire na hEireann1.2 km · Limerick · Girls · DEIS | 1.2 km | 262 |
−10.9%
|
| 5 | J F K Memorial School1.2 km · Limerick | 1.2 km | 218 |
−9.5%
|
| 6 | Salesian Primary School1.4 km · Limerick | 1.4 km | 361 | – |
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
- Sinéad Toomey
- Phone
- 061452755
- [email protected]
- Address
- Moylish Road, Ballynanty, Limerick, V94 C2R7
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 215 | 105 | 110 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 21 | 28 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 215 | 107 | 108 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 205 | 99 | 106 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 216 | 107 | 109 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 35 |
| 2021/22 | 215 | 110 | 105 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 214 | 110 | 104 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 229 | 113 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 221 | 110 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 232 | 121 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 223 | 119 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 243 | 135 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |