Ballinlough N S
Kells · Roll number 09238I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 58
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −41%
- Down 40 from 98 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 41 / 17
- 71% 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
58 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 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5.2 |
| Senior Infants | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7.0 |
| 1st Class | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7.0 |
| 2nd Class | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 3rd Class | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8.8 |
| 5th Class | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
3 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
6 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 6 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2023/24
- 6Senior Infants2024/25
- 61st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
6 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 6Junior Infants2022/23
- 8Senior Infants2023/24
- 81st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
4 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 4Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 52nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 6Junior Infants2020/21
- 7Senior Infants2021/22
- 61st Class2022/23
- 62nd Class2023/24
- 63rd Class2024/25
- 74th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 8Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 92nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 95th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
8 in 1st Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 81st Class2020/21
- 82nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 85th Class2024/25
- 86th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
8 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 82nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 94th Class2022/23
- 95th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
8 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 83rd Class2020/21
- 84th Class2021/22
- 85th Class2022/23
- 96th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 115th Class2021/22
- 96th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
9 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 95th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +4Senior Infants in 2023/24 (4 to 8)
- −44th Class in 2021/22 (12 to 8)
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 Ballinlough N S, 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
5.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers35 hours of support teaching a week 1.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
2.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3 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 Ballinlough N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinlough N SThis school | – | 58 |
−40.8%
|
|
| 1 | Kilskyre Mixed N S4.7 km · Kells | 4.7 km | 87 |
−26.3%
|
| 2 | Carnaross N S5.3 km · Carnaross | 5.3 km | 178 |
+22.8%
|
| 3 | Drumbarragh N S5.8 km · Kells | 5.8 km | 83 |
−4.6%
|
| 4 | Cluain Maolain N S7.6 km · Clonmellon | 7.6 km | 178 |
−25.8%
|
| 5 | S N Carraig A Bruis7.8 km · Virginia | 7.8 km | 103 |
−34.4%
|
| 6 | Cnoc an Teampaill8.9 km · Virginia | 8.9 km | 158 |
+0.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Tanya Farrelly
- Phone
- 0469243965
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballinlough, Kells, Co. Meath, A82 PX57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Kells
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 | 58 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | 61 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 60 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022/23 | 59 | 39 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 77 | 42 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 88 | 43 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 93 | 44 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 95 | 45 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 92 | 45 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 96 | 49 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 89 | 47 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 87 | 47 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 86 | 47 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 83 | 46 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 87 | 47 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 84 | 42 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 71 | 32 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 77 | 36 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 69 | 30 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 67 | 26 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 65 | 23 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 56 | 21 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 58 | 24 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 45 | 19 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 50 | 22 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 49 | 20 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 51 | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 62 | 28 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 62 | 26 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 106 | 53 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 109 | 46 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 104 | 44 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 109 | 50 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 113 | 49 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 100 | – | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 111 | 52 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 107 | 49 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 114 | 60 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |