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Bunscoil na Cathrach

Cahir · Roll number 20560D

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
411
−17 on 2024/25
Figures start
2022/23
With 405 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
Girls and boys
181 / 230
44% girls
Teachers
about 27
16 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

Pupils since 2022

Total enrolment each school year

Pupils by class

Published for each class from 2022/23.

This year, 2025/26

411 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants36
  • Senior Infants47
  • 1st Class52
  • 2nd Class56
  • 3rd Class48
  • 4th Class50
  • 5th Class59
  • 6th Class63

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

2022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 54 52 48 36 47.5
Senior Infants 49 53 52 47 50.2
1st Class 42 49 53 52 49.0
2nd Class 52 44 49 56 50.2
3rd Class 61 57 43 48 52.2
4th Class 51 61 58 50 55.0
5th Class 46 53 63 59 55.2
6th Class 40 50 54 63 51.8

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2022/23

54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.

  1. 542022/23
  2. 532023/24
  3. 532024/25
  4. 562025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +104th Class in 2023/24 (51 to 61)
  • −143rd Class in 2024/25 (57 to 43)

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups, 2022/23 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, 2022/23 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at Bunscoil na Cathrach, 2022/23 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

26.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 27 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers195 hours of support teaching a week 7.8
  • Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2

8.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 7.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.83 SNAs for next year.

Teachers since 2022/23

Teachers each school year, by role

From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. 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 na Cathrach, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Bunscoil na CathrachThis school – 411 –
1 Ballydrehid N S4.8 km · Cahir 4.8 km 13
−68.3%
2 Ballylooby N S7.0 km · Cahir 7.0 km 148
−17.3%
3 S N an Grainseach7.5 km · Clonmel 7.5 km 137
−30.8%
4 Ardfinnan N S7.7 km · Clonmel 7.7 km 244
+6.6%
5 Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál7.8 km · New Inn 7.8 km 111
−11.2%
6 New Inn B N S8.0 km · Cashel · Boys 8.0 km 48
+11.6%
Every school within 10 km

About this school

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Contact

Principal
Brendan Horan
Address
Cahir, Co. Tipperary, E21 K304

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
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
Tipperary (Sr) County Council
Planning area
Cahir

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

4 school years from 2022/23 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2022/23.

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Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 411 181 230 3647525648505963
2024/25 428 184 244 4852534943586354
2023/24 428 188 240 5253494457615350
2022/23 405 188 217 5449425261514640