Gaile N S
Thurles · Roll number 15299O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 35
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −19%
- Down 8 from 43 in 2015/16
- 2 classes in 2015/16, 2 now; average class 18.5 → 14.5
- Over 20 years: +84% from 19 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 16 / 19
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
35 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 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Senior Infants | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 1st Class | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4.2 |
| 2nd Class | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 4th Class | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 5th Class | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4.2 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
1 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 2 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1Junior Infants2024/25
- 2Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
6 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 7 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 6Junior Infants2023/24
- 5Senior Infants2024/25
- 71st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
3 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 3 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2022/23
- 3Senior Infants2023/24
- 21st Class2024/25
- 32nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 42nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 3Senior Infants2021/22
- 41st Class2022/23
- 42nd Class2023/24
- 43rd Class2024/25
- 44th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 5Senior Infants2020/21
- 51st Class2021/22
- 52nd Class2022/23
- 53rd Class2023/24
- 54th Class2024/25
- 65th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
2 in 1st Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21st Class2020/21
- 12nd Class2021/22
- 13rd Class2022/23
- 24th Class2023/24
- 35th Class2024/25
- 36th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
5 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 52nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 36th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 14th Class2021/22
- 15th Class2022/23
- 16th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
3 in 4th Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 34th Class2020/21
- 55th Class2021/22
- 66th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
6 in 5th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 65th Class2020/21
- 56th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +51st Class in 2025/26 (2 to 7)
- −56th Class in 2023/24 (6 to 1)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaile N S, 2006/07 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
4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers25 hours of support teaching a week 1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 2.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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 Gaile N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaile N SThis school | – | 35 |
−18.6%
|
|
| 1 | Ballytarsna N S3.4 km · Cashel | 3.4 km | 76 |
−3.8%
|
| 2 | San Isadoir3.8 km · Cashel | 3.8 km | 124 |
+24.0%
|
| 3 | S N Micheal Naofa4.1 km · Thurles | 4.1 km | 195 |
−14.8%
|
| 4 | Clonoulty Central N S6.2 km · Cashel | 6.2 km | 96 |
+39.1%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Peadar6.7 km · Thurles | 6.7 km | 138 |
−5.5%
|
| 6 | Dualla N S7.6 km · Cashel | 7.6 km | 92 |
−7.1%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 5 of 20 households answered (25%). The true figures are likely within 29.6 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 37 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 29.6 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 43% | 11% | 0% |
| Thurles planning area · children at school | 34% | 21% | 6% |
| Thurles planning area · children not yet at school | 37% | 20% | 4% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Donal Ryan
- Phone
- 0879663959
- [email protected]
- Address
- Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YK70
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- 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
- Thurles
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
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 33 | 8 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 38 | 12 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 42 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 45 | 19 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 43 | 18 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 36 | 16 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 36 | 15 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 29 | 10 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 23 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 23 | 9 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 20 | 5 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 15 | 4 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 13 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 13 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 19 | 9 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 27 | 9 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 32 | 12 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 24 | 9 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 19 | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 26 | 14 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 32 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 30 | 18 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 30 | 17 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 33 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 38 | 15 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 41 | 14 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 48 | 26 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 49 | 25 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 49 | 25 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 46 | 24 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 41 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 41 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 43 | 24 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 44 | 26 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 46 | 30 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |