St Rynaghs N S
Birr · Roll number 18157J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 249
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 26 from 275 in 2015/16
- 10 classes in 2015/16, 10 now; average class 27.5 → 24.3
- Over 20 years: −11% from 280 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 109 / 140
- 44% 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
249 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 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 29.3 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 31 | 30.5 |
| 1st Class | 29 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 30.3 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 30.5 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 31 | 30.8 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 42 | 30.5 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29.3 |
| 6th Class | 35 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 31 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 31Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 35Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 331st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 331st Class2022/23
- 372nd Class2023/24
- 393rd Class2024/25
- 424th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
29 in 1st Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 291st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 326th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 336th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +124th Class in 2025/26 (30 to 42)
- −10Senior Infants in 2024/25 (35 to 25)
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 St Rynaghs 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
16.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.16 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 St Rynaghs N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Rynaghs N SThis school | – | 249 |
−9.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Cronans Mixed N S2.9 km · Birr | 2.9 km | 72 |
+7.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhreandain Naofa7.2 km · Beal Atha Na Sluaigh | 7.2 km | 53 |
−8.6%
|
| 3 | St Marys National School7.8 km · Birr · DEIS | 7.8 km | 93 |
+4.5%
|
| 4 | S N Flannain Naofa8.3 km · Roscrea | 8.3 km | 71 |
−14.5%
|
| 5 | High St Mixed N S8.5 km · Belmont | 8.5 km | 73 |
+9.0%
|
| 6 | St Brendan's N.S.9.8 km · Ballinasloe · DEIS | 9.8 km | 45 |
−35.7%
|
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: 65 of 162 households answered (40%). The true figures are likely within 10 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: 10 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 29% | 11% | 0% |
| Banagher planning area · children at school | 30% | 10% | 0% |
| Banagher planning area · children not yet at school | 30% | 23% | 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
- FERGAL MCMAHON
- Phone
- 0579151419
- [email protected]
- Address
- Banagher, Birr, R42 H221
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Banagher
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 | 249 | 109 | 140 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 42 | 30 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 251 | 118 | 133 | 29 | 25 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 30 | 29 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 248 | 116 | 132 | 26 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 120 | 120 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 237 | 119 | 118 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 33 |
| 2020/21 | 234 | 121 | 113 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 32 | 35 |
| 2019/20 | 246 | 128 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 253 | 128 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 265 | 137 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 273 | 139 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 275 | 137 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 284 | 146 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 274 | 143 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 284 | 145 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 294 | 152 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 277 | 135 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 291 | 135 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 290 | 132 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 301 | 140 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 281 | 132 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 280 | 127 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 255 | 113 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 245 | 118 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 251 | 123 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 242 | 125 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 240 | 132 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 241 | 130 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 257 | 135 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 263 | 138 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 272 | 142 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 276 | 139 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 272 | 135 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 286 | 137 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 328 | 165 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 333 | 154 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 308 | 152 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 307 | 149 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 317 | 152 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 330 | 166 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 335 | 165 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 321 | 150 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 271 | 123 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |