Athy Model School
Athy · Roll number 06209J
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 90
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 4 from 94 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 40 / 50
- 44% girls
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
90 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 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 11.7 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11.0 |
| 1st Class | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10.7 |
| 2nd Class | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10.8 |
| 3rd Class | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11.0 |
| 4th Class | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10.8 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11.7 |
| 6th Class | 9 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 8Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
13 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 12 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2022/23
- 12Senior Infants2023/24
- 121st Class2024/25
- 122nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2020/21
- 10Senior Infants2021/22
- 91st Class2022/23
- 102nd Class2023/24
- 103rd Class2024/25
- 94th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
11 in 1st Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 111st Class2020/21
- 92nd Class2021/22
- 113rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 116th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
9 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 92nd Class2020/21
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 94th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
9 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 93rd Class2020/21
- 94th Class2021/22
- 95th Class2022/23
- 106th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
14 in 4th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 144th Class2020/21
- 145th Class2021/22
- 146th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +5Junior Infants in 2024/25 (9 to 14)
- −54th Class in 2021/22 (14 to 9)
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 Athy Model School, 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
6.5teaching 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 teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.41 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 Athy Model School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athy Model SchoolThis school | – | 90 |
−4.3%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Átha Í0.1 km · Baile Átha Í · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational · DEIS | 0.1 km | 151 |
−30.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Phadraig Naofa0.2 km · Baile Átha Í · DEIS | 0.2 km | 592 |
+19.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhichil Naofa1.1 km · Athy · DEIS | 1.1 km | 496 |
−25.9%
|
| 4 | Churchtown N S4.5 km · Athy | 4.5 km | 55 |
−52.6%
|
| 5 | Shanganamore N S5.5 km · Athy | 5.5 km | 106 |
−11.7%
|
| 6 | Ballyroe Central N S5.7 km · Athy · DEIS | 5.7 km | 18 |
−33.3%
|
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
- Karyn Cole
- Phone
- 0598638545
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tomard, Athy, Co. Kildare, R14 Y478
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Minister for Education & Skills
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Athy
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 90 | 40 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 91 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 87 | 38 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 90 | 40 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | 89 | 43 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 85 | 39 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 97 | 42 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 99 | 44 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 104 | 47 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 86 | 44 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 94 | 47 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 93 | 50 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 99 | 54 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 97 | 49 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 97 | 46 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 98 | 45 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 107 | 49 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 110 | 46 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 105 | 43 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 101 | 36 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 94 | 33 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 83 | 30 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 86 | 35 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 82 | 34 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 76 | 33 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 68 | 32 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 69 | 35 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 61 | 30 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 55 | 28 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 52 | 25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 87 | 41 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 78 | 38 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 71 | 33 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 67 | 29 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 64 | 28 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 55 | 23 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 54 | 22 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 59 | 30 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 56 | 32 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |