School planning area

Tramore

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Tramore planning area
Creator: Department of Education

6 primary schools and 1,581 pupils in 2025/26, in County Waterford.

Pupils in 2025/26: 1,581; −4 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −6.7%; 1,694 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 6; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 23.32; Average school size: 263.5

Trends in Tramore

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Waterford, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.0% in 2005/06 and 45.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,581

−4 on 2024/25

1976/772025/26

Schools

2 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average pupils per school

263.5

75.5 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average class size

23.32

−0.24 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 162 in 2025/26, −10 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

Each school year.

Irish-medium schools

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 194 pupils in 2025/26, 12.3% of the area's pupils, against 12.8% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

5 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

5fell by 10% or more

0within 10%

0grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

Average class size in these schools went from 27.6 in 2015/16 to 23.2 in 2025/26. 3 of the 5 schools that fell by 10% or more kept or added classes. A fall in pupils can mean smaller classes rather than fewer children wanting places. Smaller classes

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 180 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Tramore Educate Together National SchoolTramore · opened 2014/15 180

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size: 23.32
Mainstream classes: 66
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 6 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers

Class teachers in 2025/26: 66; Up 14 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 10%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 105; Estimate: 66 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 26 special education and 7 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 86; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 0; 0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in the Tramore planning area, and the special classes in the 6 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 0; No special school here
Special classes in 2025/26: 7; In 5 of 6 schools. 2 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 8; In 5 schools: 1 new class
Autism classes: 7; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Tramore planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 2
2021/22 4
2022/23 4
2023/24 4
2024/25 6
2025/26 7
2026/27 8

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

What parents would prefer

587 households answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey for the Tramore planning area: 368 with children at its schools and 219 with children not yet at school. Each said whether they would prefer co-educational or single-sex schooling, a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and teaching through Irish or English.

Compare with other areas

The Department's own results: All 314 areas (Excel)Interactive map Summary report with county figures (PDF)

Households that answered: 587; 46% of households asked
Prefer a multi-denominational patron: 57% / 63%; Children at school / not yet at school
Prefer teaching through Irish: 17% / 27%; Children at school / not yet at school
Prefer single-sex: 2% / 4%; Children at school / not yet at school

Preferences beside what the schools offer now

Share of pupils in schools of each kind in the area, and share of parents who would prefer it

Pupils in such schools now
Parents: children at school
Parents: children not yet at school

Multi-denominational patron

180 pupils (11%) in 1 school

Pupils in such schools now: 11%
Parents: children at school: 57%
Parents: children not yet at school: 63%

Teaching through Irish

194 pupils (12%) in 1 school

Pupils in such schools now: 12%
Parents: children at school: 17%
Parents: children not yet at school: 27%

Single-sex

No school here now

Pupils in such schools now: 0%
Parents: children at school: 2%
Parents: children not yet at school: 4%

Bars run from 0 to 100%.

Each school's parents

Parents of children at each school. Bold marks the school's set-up now.

Share of parents at each school who would prefer each

Holy Cross SchoolTramore	567	144 of 362	±6.8	50%	5%	2%	80 answered
Glor na Mara NSTramore	381	58 of 239	±10.6	53%	5%	5%	38 answered
Gaelscoil Philib BarúnAn Trá Mhór	194	47 of 123	±11.7	45%	94%	0%	35 answered
Tramore Educate Together National SchoolTramore	180	72 of 127	±9.5	94%	7%	0%	–
Fionnabhair N STramore	172	64 of 123	±10.1	48%	6%	0%	–
S N Dun AillVia Tramore	87	35 of 52	±13.4	40%	17%	0%	–

Grey margins of error are 15 points or more: so few parents answered that the figures could be well off. “Too few to publish”: the Department held back the school's results, but its parents' answers still count in the area figures. Not yet at school: how many parents of children not yet at school chose the school, shown where 30 or more did. Special schools in the area are counted in the area figures above.

Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. The area figures count each household once, including parents at schools too small for their own results, so they aren't the school figures added up. About these figures

Schools

6 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.

Change over

Select a column heading to sort

	Roll number
Holy Cross SchoolTramore	19629G	567	−19.2%	+7.0%	24	23.38	29
Glor na Mara NSTramore	20116H	381	−11.0%	−15.5%	16	23.44	29
Gaelscoil Philib BarúnAn Trá Mhór	19885B	194	−10.6%	+12.8%	8	23.50	29
Tramore Educate Together National SchoolTramore	20446F	180	–	–	7	24.00	28
Fionnabhair N STramore	17535K	172	−15.3%	+55.0%	7	22.86	27
S N Dun AillVia Tramore	17536M	87	−33.6%	−40.4%	4	21.75	28