S N Cronain Naofa
Roscrea · Roll number 17523D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 171
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −23%
- Down 51 from 222 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 8 now; average class 26.4 → 19.9
- Over 20 years: −30% from 243 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 84 / 87
- 49% 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
171 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 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 19.3 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 20.0 |
| 1st Class | 30 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 22.2 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 29 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 23.3 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 24.2 |
| 4th Class | 31 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 25.5 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 31 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 25.0 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 21 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 25.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 17 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 252nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 24Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 242nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
30 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 301st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
31 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 314th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +115th Class in 2021/22 (20 to 31)
- −106th Class in 2023/24 (32 to 22)
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 S N Cronain Naofa, 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
14.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7 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. 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 S N Cronain Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Cronain NaofaThis school | – | 171 |
−23.0%
|
|
| 1 | St Johns2.6 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 2.6 km | 163 |
−1.2%
|
| 2 | Roscrea N S No 23.4 km · Roscrea · Church of Ireland | 3.4 km | 31 |
−26.2%
|
| 3 | Sacred Heart Primary School3.6 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 3.6 km | 201 |
+52.3%
|
| 4 | Coolderry Central NS4.2 km · Birr | 4.2 km | 82 |
−10.9%
|
| 5 | S N Iosef Naofa5.1 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 5.1 km | 299 |
−6.0%
|
| 6 | S N Caoimhin Naofa6.1 km · Birr | 6.1 km | 67 |
−23.9%
|
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: 51 of 101 households answered (50%). The true figures are likely within 11.2 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 11.2 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 37% | 20% | 0% |
| Roscrea planning area · children at school | 33% | 12% | 2% |
| Roscrea planning area · children not yet at school | 38% | 18% | 0% |
| 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
- 050521863
- [email protected]
- Address
- Drum Ui Cianain, Roscrea, Co Tipperary, E53 PK37
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Roscrea
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
43 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 | 171 | 84 | 87 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 180 | 93 | 87 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 189 | 99 | 90 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 106 | 100 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 210 | 110 | 100 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 214 | 114 | 100 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 217 | 110 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 212 | 109 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 216 | 109 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 217 | 106 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 222 | 107 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 219 | 101 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 223 | 101 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 222 | 99 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 228 | 105 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 224 | 101 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 235 | 104 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 249 | 114 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 240 | 116 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 244 | 116 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 243 | 114 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 239 | 108 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 240 | 112 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 250 | 110 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 243 | 109 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 238 | 101 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 234 | 99 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 243 | 96 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 245 | 98 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 246 | 101 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 239 | 98 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 246 | 107 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 253 | 111 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 196 | 91 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 198 | 91 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 202 | 91 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 193 | 86 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 183 | 81 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 176 | 80 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 171 | 82 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 149 | 73 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 138 | 67 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |