Scoil Chaitríona
Cappamore · Roll number 20233L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 82
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +16%
- Up 11 from 71 in 2015/16
- 3 classes in 2015/16, 4 now; average class 23.7 → 17.8
- Girls and boys
- 27 / 55
- 33% girls
Pupils since 2006
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
82 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 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10.3 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9.2 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9.7 |
| 2nd Class | 5 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 10.0 |
| 3rd Class | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8.5 |
| 4th Class | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 8.2 |
| 5th Class | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8.2 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 9.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
8 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 8 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2024/25
- 8Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 6 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 6Senior Infants2024/25
- 61st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
12 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2022/23
- 11Senior Infants2023/24
- 111st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 11 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 102nd Class2024/25
- 113rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 7Senior Infants2020/21
- 81st Class2021/22
- 62nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 65th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 93rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 106th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
5 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 52nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 66th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
10 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 103rd Class2020/21
- 104th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 136th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
8 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 84th Class2020/21
- 95th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
10 in 5th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 105th Class2020/21
- 106th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +114th Class in 2025/26 (4 to 15)
- −95th Class in 2023/24 (13 to 4)
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 Scoil Chaitríona, 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
9.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.5 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 Scoil Chaitríona, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ChaitríonaThis school | – | 82 |
+15.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N Toinn an Tairbh3.1 km · Cappamore | 3.1 km | 79 |
−43.6%
|
| 2 | Bilboa N School4.1 km · Cappamore | 4.1 km | 95 |
−18.1%
|
| 3 | S N Ma Rua5.6 km · Limerick | 5.6 km | 142 |
−18.9%
|
| 4 | Nicker N S5.8 km · Pallasgreen | 5.8 km | 113 |
−15.0%
|
| 5 | S N Ailbhe6.5 km · Brittas | 6.5 km | 187 |
+15.4%
|
| 6 | Doon Convent N S6.6 km · Doon | 6.6 km | 116 |
0.0%
|
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: 15 of 52 households answered (29%). The true figures are likely within 19.5 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: 19.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 40% | 20% | 0% |
| Doon–Cappamore planning area · children at school | 39% | 18% | 3% |
| Doon–Cappamore planning area · children not yet at school | 38% | 27% | 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
- Nicola Blake
- Phone
- 061381774
- [email protected]
- Address
- Main Street, Cappamore, Co. Limerick, V94 HH98
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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Doon–Cappamore
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
20 school years from 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 82 | 27 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | 75 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 84 | 35 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | 84 | 35 | 49 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 81 | 37 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | 79 | 39 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 66 | 30 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 69 | 36 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 71 | 37 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 71 | 37 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 71 | 39 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 75 | 36 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 73 | 36 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 76 | 39 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 81 | 44 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 91 | 50 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 94 | 47 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 94 | 48 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 102 | 55 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 103 | 58 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |