Gorey Educate Together NS
Gorey · Roll number 20214H
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 369
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −16%
- Down 68 from 437 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 26.2 → 21.9
- Over 20 years: +1,319% from 26 in 2005/06, while it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 174 / 195
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2005
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
369 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 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 37.8 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 43 | 35 | 45 | 36 | 35 | 39.3 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 42 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 42 | 43.2 |
| 2nd Class | 53 | 54 | 42 | 50 | 42 | 49 | 48.3 |
| 3rd Class | 51 | 54 | 53 | 44 | 50 | 47 | 49.8 |
| 4th Class | 51 | 52 | 54 | 51 | 47 | 50 | 50.8 |
| 5th Class | 51 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 51.3 |
| 6th Class | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 50.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 35 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 35Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
34 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 42 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2023/24
- 36Senior Infants2024/25
- 421st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
42 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 49 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 492nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
35 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 47 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 422nd Class2024/25
- 473rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2020/21
- 43Senior Infants2021/22
- 471st Class2022/23
- 502nd Class2023/24
- 503rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 443rd Class2023/24
- 474th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 542nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 514th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 496th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
53 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 532nd Class2020/21
- 543rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 513rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
51 in 4th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 514th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 506th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
51 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 515th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Junior Infants in 2025/26 (32 to 44)
- −122nd Class in 2022/23 (54 to 42)
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 Gorey Educate Together NS, 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
29.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers227.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.1
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
15.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.1 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 15.32 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 Gorey Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorey Educate Together NSThis school | – | 369 |
−15.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog0.1 km · Guaire · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 152 |
−37.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Ioseph0.5 km · Gorey | 0.5 km | 522 |
+40.7%
|
| 3 | Gorey Central School1.3 km · Gorey · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 237 |
+11.8%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil Loreto1.8 km · Gorey | 1.8 km | 665 |
−0.9%
|
| 5 | S N Padraig5.2 km · Craanford | 5.2 km | 152 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | S N Coill an Iarainn6.5 km · Gorey | 6.5 km | 218 |
+49.3%
|
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: 96 of 279 households answered (34%). The true figures are likely within 8.3 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 44 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: 8.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 91% | 11% | 1% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 95% | 16% | 0% |
| Gorey planning area · children at school | 50% | 16% | 1% |
| Gorey planning area · children not yet at school | 54% | 19% | 2% |
| 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
- Raymond Swan
- Phone
- 0539489662
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilnahue Lane, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Y25 DX23
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Gorey
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 369 | 174 | 195 | 44 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 49 |
| 2024/25 | 373 | 169 | 204 | 32 | 36 | 47 | 42 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 383 | 168 | 215 | 34 | 45 | 36 | 50 | 44 | 51 | 54 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 393 | 176 | 217 | 42 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 50 |
| 2021/22 | 398 | 186 | 212 | 35 | 43 | 42 | 54 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 401 | 177 | 224 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 |
| 2019/20 | 416 | 180 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 429 | 190 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 440 | 187 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 424 | 180 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 437 | 190 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 412 | 188 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 374 | 162 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 351 | 162 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 326 | 144 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 271 | 117 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 245 | 115 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 183 | 89 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 126 | 56 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 73 | 29 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 26 | 10 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |