Réalt na Mara National School
Dunmore East · Roll number 20556M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 196
- −4 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2021/22
- With 183 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 99 / 97
- 51% girls
Pupils since 2021
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2021/22.
This year, 2025/26
196 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.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 19 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 26.0 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25.0 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 23.6 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 22.2 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 23.2 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 30 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 24.4 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 23.8 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 24.6 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
26 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 26 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 261st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 251st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 19 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 19Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 193rd Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Senior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
23 in 1st Class (2021/22), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 231st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
18 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 19 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 182nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 196th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
29 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 4th Class in 2021/22
23 in 4th Class (2021/22), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 234th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 5th Class in 2021/22
22 in 5th Class (2021/22), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 225th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Junior Infants in 2022/23 (19 to 28)
- −134th Class in 2023/24 (30 to 17)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2021/22 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, 2021/22 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Réalt na Mara National School, 2021/22 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
11.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers72.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.9
2.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers and 2.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2021/22
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 Réalt na Mara National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Réalt na Mara National SchoolThis school | – | 196 | – | |
| 1 | Passage East N S8.8 km · Passage East | 8.8 km | 101 |
+3.1%
|
| 2 | S N Olibheir Beannuithe9.1 km · New Ross | 9.1 km | 74 |
+2.8%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Mhuire9.3 km · Waterford | 9.3 km | 641 |
−6.6%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Phort Lairge9.5 km · Port Láirge · Gaelscoil | 9.5 km | 207 |
−5.5%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Philib Barún10.3 km · An Trá Mhór · Gaelscoil | 10.3 km | 194 |
−10.6%
|
| 6 | Tramore Educate Together National School10.4 km · Tramore · Multi-denominational | 10.4 km | 180 |
+1,284.6%
|
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
- Ciara McSweeney
- Phone
- 051383646
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, X91 RY67
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Waterford County 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
5 school years from 2021/22 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2021/22.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 196 | 99 | 97 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 111 | 89 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 195 | 101 | 94 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 190 | 88 | 102 | 28 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 183 | 83 | 100 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 26 |