Scoil na gCoillini

Swinford · Roll number 02912G

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
97
−3 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−3%
Down 3 from 100 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
41 / 56
42% girls
Teachers
about 6
4 class teachers, 24.2 pupils per class. Who they are

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

97 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants8
  • Senior Infants10
  • 1st Class18
  • 2nd Class12
  • 3rd Class17
  • 4th Class11
  • 5th Class11
  • 6th Class10

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 11 19 12 17 10 8 12.8
Senior Infants 12 11 19 12 18 10 13.7
1st Class 12 12 11 17 12 18 13.7
2nd Class 10 12 11 11 17 12 12.2
3rd Class 8 10 11 11 11 17 11.3
4th Class 8 8 10 10 11 11 9.7
5th Class 9 8 6 10 10 11 9.0
6th Class 14 8 8 6 11 10 9.5

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

11 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.

  1. 11Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 11Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 111st Class2022/23
  4. 112nd Class2023/24
  5. 113rd Class2024/25
  6. 114th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +8Junior Infants in 2021/22 (11 to 19)
  • −8Senior Infants in 2025/26 (18 to 10)

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 na gCoillini, 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

5.7teaching posts

Our estimate: about 6 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7

2.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.7 special education teachers and 2.33 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 na gCoillini, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Scoil na gCoillini
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Scoil na gCoilliniThis school – 97
−3.0%
1 Scoil Naisiunta Thola4.1 km · Claremorris 4.1 km 84
−25.7%
2 Kinaffe N S4.6 km · Swinford · DEIS 4.6 km 48
+585.7%
3 Swinford NS4.7 km · Swinford · DEIS 4.7 km 200
+11.1%
4 S N Peadar agus Pol6.9 km · Foxford · DEIS 6.9 km 45
−25.0%
5 Killasser NS7.2 km · Swinford · DEIS 7.2 km 31
+14.8%
6 SN an Trian Lair7.3 km · Swinford 7.3 km 66
−10.8%
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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
Deborah Convey
Address
Meelick, Swinford, Co. Mayo, F12 TW53

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Achonry
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
Mayo County Council
Planning area
Swinford

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 97 41 56 810181217111110
2024/25 100 47 53 1018121711111011
2023/24 94 43 51 171217111110106
2022/23 88 44 44 12191111111068
2021/22 88 46 42 1911121210888
2020/21 84 42 42 1112121088914
2019/20 87 45 42 ––––––––
2018/19 85 44 41 ––––––––
2017/18 91 41 50 ––––––––
2016/17 94 40 54 ––––––––
2015/16 100 44 56 ––––––––
2014/15 105 46 59 ––––––––
2013/14 106 51 55 ––––––––
2012/13 108 58 50 ––––––––
2011/12 100 53 47 ––––––––
2010/11 99 56 43 ––––––––
2009/10 94 56 38 ––––––––
2008/09 93 56 37 ––––––––
2007/08 93 59 34 ––––––––
2006/07 88 54 34 ––––––––
2005/06 99 58 41 ––––––––
2004/05 109 60 49 ––––––––
2003/04 125 67 58 ––––––––
2002/03 130 65 65 ––––––––
2001/02 132 66 66 ––––––––
2000/01 131 66 65 ––––––––
1999/00 133 66 67 ––––––––
1998/99 133 62 71 ––––––––
1997/98 138 62 76 ––––––––
1996/97 146 62 84 ––––––––
1995/96 141 54 87 ––––––––
1994/95 149 56 93 ––––––––
1993/94 141 58 83 ––––––––
1983/84 74 34 40 ––––––––
1982/83 73 33 40 ––––––––
1981/82 58 28 30 ––––––––
1980/81 58 27 31 ––––––––
1979/80 57 27 30 ––––––––
1978/79 48 26 22 ––––––––
1977/78 41 24 17 ––––––––
1976/77 49 29 20 ––––––––
1975/76 55 – – ––––––––
1974/75 56 32 24 ––––––––