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GILSON NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 12488C Chapel Street, Oldcastle, Co. Meath

School details

Address
Chapel Street, Oldcastle, Co. Meath (A82E400)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
0498541327
Principal
Mark Carey
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
Meath County Council
School patron
Bishop of Meath
School type
Ordinary
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Oldcastle

Preliminary data

The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Summary statistics (class-level data)

Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).

Class Min Max Mean Years
Junior Infants 20 31 27.0 5
Senior Infants 26 31 29.2 5
1st Class 27 31 29.6 5
2nd Class 28 32 29.6 5
3rd Class 28 34 30.6 5
4th Class 27 41 32.2 5
5th Class 28 41 34.0 5
6th Class 28 43 34.6 5
Total 222 258 242.7 6

Total enrolment over time

Enrolment by gender over time

Enrolment by class over time

Cohort progression

Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).

Cohort 2020/21
JI 2020/21 28
-2
SI 2021/22 26
+1
1st 2022/23 27
+1
2nd 2023/24 28
0
3rd 2024/25 28
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 26
+5
SI 2022/23 31
0
1st 2023/24 31
-2
2nd 2024/25 29
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 31
0
SI 2023/24 31
-1
1st 2024/25 30
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 30
-1
SI 2024/25 29
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 20

Raw data by year

Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.

Year Female Male JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total
2020/21 120 138 28 29 31 30 34 41 30 35 258
2021/22 120 127 26 26 29 32 30 33 41 30 247
2022/23 120 135 31 31 27 29 30 29 35 43 255
2023/24 117 130 30 31 31 28 31 31 28 37 247
2024/25 106 121 20 29 30 29 28 27 36 28 227
2025/26 (preliminary) 106 116 222