Presentation Convent National School
Castlecomer · Roll number 10835K
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2024/25
- 94
- −14 on 2023/24
- Girls and boys
- 61 / 33
- 65% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
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, 2024/25
94 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 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 14 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15.6 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 16.8 |
| 1st Class | 16 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17.4 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9.2 |
| 3rd Class | 9 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 9.6 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 11.8 |
| 6th Class | 14 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 13.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in Senior Infants (2024/25): no change.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in 1st Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 7 in 2nd Class (2024/25): 11 pupils fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 72nd Class2024/25
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 3rd Class (2024/25): 9 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 151st Class2022/23
- 92nd Class2023/24
- 53rd Class2024/25
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 4th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils fewer.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 181st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
In 1st Class in 2020/21
16 in 1st Class (2020/21), 8 in 5th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils fewer.
- 161st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 73rd Class2022/23
- 74th Class2023/24
- 85th Class2024/25
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 146th 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
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 136th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +73rd Class in 2023/24 (7 to 14)
- −93rd Class in 2024/25 (14 to 5)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2024/25.
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 2024/25. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2024/25
Teachers
Who teaches at Presentation Convent National School, 2006/07 to 2024/25.
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 2024/25
6.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- 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
1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
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).
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
- Mary Jacob
- Phone
- 0564441426
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilkenny Street, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, R95 C795
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Castlecomer
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2024/25, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2024/25. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 94 | 61 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 108 | 70 | 38 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 103 | 75 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 106 | 81 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | 113 | 87 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | 113 | 87 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 113 | 87 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 119 | 91 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 114 | 83 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 120 | 86 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 140 | 100 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 154 | 111 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 135 | 98 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 153 | 114 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 164 | 125 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 174 | 135 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 182 | 147 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 195 | 157 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 194 | 153 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 202 | 151 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 204 | 158 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 209 | 166 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 214 | 165 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 228 | 174 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 227 | 168 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 216 | 164 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 219 | 165 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 231 | 178 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 232 | 181 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 230 | 174 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 245 | 183 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 231 | 170 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 280 | 210 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 298 | 232 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 298 | 223 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 316 | 232 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 319 | 233 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 319 | 239 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 314 | 235 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 311 | 233 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 321 | 231 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |