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Primary Education

Primary Education

Primary school in Ireland consists of an eight year cycle: junior infants, senior infants, and first to sixth classes. There are 2 types of primary school in Ireland; national primary schools (often called ‘national schools’) which are funded by the State and do not charge fees and private primary schools, which charge fees.

In this section we look at:

  • Entrants to mainstream classes in national school
  • Average class sizes in mainstream primary schools
  • Number of primary school pupils attending Catholic ethos schools compared to multidenominational schools in Ireland
  • Number of Irish medium primary schools inside and outside the Gaeltacht
Entrants (1st October to 30th September) to mainstream classes in national school

The above figures include entrants who were not in any school prior to 1st October of the previous academic year and entrants from other schools within and outside of the State.
Entrants (1st October to 30th September) to mainstream classes in national school
Average class sizes in mainstream primary schools
Average class size in mainstream primary schools by enrollment size of school
Number of Catholic ethos primary schools compared to multidenominational primary schools in Ireland
Number of Catholic ethos primary schools compared to multidenominational primary schools in Ireland
Number of pupils attending primary schools in Ireland by ethos of school
Number of Irish language primary schools inside and outside the Gaeltacht
Number of Irish language primary schools inside and outside the Gaeltacht
Number of pupils attending Irish primary schools taught through Irish inside and outside the Gaeltacht
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