Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh
New Ross · Roll number 20481H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 312
- +8 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2016/17
- With 361 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 139 / 173
- 45% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
312 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 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 77 | 72 | 64 | 67.3 |
| Senior Infants | 87 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 75.3 |
| 1st Class | 70 | 91 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 91 | 77.0 |
| 2nd Class | 73 | 70 | 94 | 81 | 70 | 76 | 77.3 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
72 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 81 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 72Junior Infants2024/25
- 81Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
77 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 91 in 1st Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 77Junior Infants2023/24
- 77Senior Infants2024/25
- 911st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
65 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 76 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2022/23
- 67Senior Infants2023/24
- 671st Class2024/25
- 762nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
63 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 63 pupils fewer.
- 63Junior Infants2021/22
- 70Senior Infants2022/23
- 701st Class2023/24
- 702nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
63 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 63 pupils fewer.
- 63Junior Infants2020/21
- 70Senior Infants2021/22
- 731st Class2022/23
- 812nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
87 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 87 pupils fewer.
- 87Senior Infants2020/21
- 911st Class2021/22
- 942nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
70 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 70 pupils fewer.
- 701st Class2020/21
- 702nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +242nd Class in 2022/23 (70 to 94)
- −181st Class in 2022/23 (91 to 73)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2016/17 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, 2016/17 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh, 2016/17 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
28.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers172.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.9
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
15.98 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.1 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 15.98 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2016/17
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunscoil Nic AmhlaidhThis school | – | 312 | – | |
| 1 | Bunscoil Ris0.1 km · New Ross · DEIS | 0.1 km | 351 | – |
| 2 | New Ross Educate Together National School0.5 km · New Ross · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.5 km | 135 |
+800.0%
|
| 3 | St Canice S Convent1.6 km · New Ross · DEIS | 1.6 km | 186 |
−29.8%
|
| 4 | Rathgarogue N S5.3 km · New Ross | 5.3 km | 159 |
−26.4%
|
| 5 | S N Shean Bhoth5.5 km · New Ross | 5.5 km | 34 |
+47.8%
|
| 6 | S N Baile Cuisin5.8 km · Foulksmills | 5.8 km | 155 |
−33.2%
|
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
- Taragh Nolan
- Phone
- 051425586
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castlemoyle, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Y34 XT89
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- New Ross
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
10 school years from 2016/17 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 312 | 139 | 173 | 64 | 81 | 91 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 304 | 139 | 165 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 70 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 313 | 139 | 174 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 81 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 320 | 146 | 174 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 94 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 309 | 137 | 172 | 63 | 70 | 91 | 70 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 309 | 145 | 164 | 63 | 87 | 70 | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 327 | 152 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 319 | 154 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 328 | 170 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 361 | 186 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |