Our Lady's National School
Thurles · Roll number 20475M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 71
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −26%
- Down 25 from 96 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 35 / 36
- 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
71 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 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Senior Infants | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 1st Class | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9.7 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 4th Class | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 11.7 |
| 6th Class | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
8 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2023/24
- 8Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
11 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 11 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2022/23
- 11Senior Infants2023/24
- 111st Class2024/25
- 112nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
6 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 6 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2021/22
- 7Senior Infants2022/23
- 71st Class2023/24
- 72nd Class2024/25
- 63rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2020/21
- 10Senior Infants2021/22
- 111st Class2022/23
- 122nd Class2023/24
- 113rd Class2024/25
- 124th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 9Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 103rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 85th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
12 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 121st Class2020/21
- 122nd Class2021/22
- 133rd Class2022/23
- 144th Class2023/24
- 145th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
13 in 4th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 134th Class2020/21
- 125th Class2021/22
- 126th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
11 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 115th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +5Junior Infants in 2022/23 (6 to 11)
- −65th Class in 2025/26 (14 to 8)
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 Our Lady's National 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
5.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 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 teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 1.5 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. 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 Our Lady's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady's National SchoolThis school | – | 71 |
−26.0%
|
|
| 1 | Lisnamrock N S3.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 3.9 km | 65 |
−1.5%
|
| 2 | Slieveardagh N S4.0 km · Thurles · DEIS | 4.0 km | 24 |
−53.8%
|
| 3 | S N Baile Sluagh7.0 km · Thurles | 7.0 km | 26 |
−3.7%
|
| 4 | S N Gleann Guail7.3 km · Thurles · DEIS | 7.3 km | 16 |
−62.8%
|
| 5 | Naomh Padraig Junior8.6 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.6 km | 46 |
−11.5%
|
| 6 | Naomh Padraig Senior8.6 km · Drangan · DEIS | 8.6 km | 54 |
−16.9%
|
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
- Deirdre Egan
- Phone
- 0529154533
- [email protected]
- Address
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 W352
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- 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
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Ballingarry
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 | 71 | 35 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 39 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 87 | 48 | 39 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 89 | 48 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | 85 | 42 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 94 | 46 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 100 | 46 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 102 | 47 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 103 | 49 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 100 | 47 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 96 | 40 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |