Scoil Cholmcille
An Tearmann · Roll number 14194S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 127
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 13 from 140 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 56 / 71
- 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
127 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 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 17.8 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 16.5 |
| 1st Class | 8 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14.8 |
| 2nd Class | 21 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 16.5 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 16.3 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 14.8 |
| 5th Class | 18 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 14.0 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 16.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 19 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 19Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 21 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 211st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 213rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 224th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 101st Class2021/22
- 112nd Class2022/23
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
8 in 1st Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 81st Class2020/21
- 82nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 74th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 66th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
21 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 212nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 125th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
18 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 185th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +111st Class in 2022/23 (10 to 21)
- −154th Class in 2023/24 (22 to 7)
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 Cholmcille, 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
12.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
- Special class teachersFor an early intervention class and an autism class 2
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.66 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 Cholmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil CholmcilleThis school | – | 127 |
−9.3%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Colmchille4.1 km · Kilmacrennan | 4.1 km | 231 |
+1.8%
|
| 2 | S N Trianta5.7 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian | 5.7 km | 33 |
+43.5%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Seosamh6.4 km · Letterkenny | 6.4 km | 24 |
−35.1%
|
| 4 | Gartan N S6.5 km · Letterkenny · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 6.5 km | 19 |
+11.8%
|
| 5 | Portlean N S6.7 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian | 6.7 km | 20 |
−23.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Cholmcille8.2 km · Ramelton · DEIS | 8.2 km | 68 |
−32.0%
|
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
- Michael Sweeney
- Phone
- 0749139244
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Tearmann, Co. Dhún na nGall, F92 YC85
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Letterkenny
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
42 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 | 127 | 56 | 71 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 139 | 66 | 73 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 137 | 69 | 68 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 130 | 71 | 59 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 124 | 67 | 57 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 125 | 67 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 126 | 64 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 129 | 60 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 142 | 69 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 134 | 59 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 140 | 63 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 138 | 59 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 138 | 59 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 125 | 60 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 128 | 65 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 106 | 54 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 105 | 57 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 101 | 54 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 111 | 60 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 103 | 56 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 51 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 94 | 53 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 93 | 54 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 98 | 59 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 100 | 59 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 100 | 57 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 97 | 56 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 99 | 56 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 101 | 55 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 103 | 56 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 98 | 53 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 100 | 54 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 90 | 40 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 94 | 40 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 97 | 41 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 85 | 38 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 81 | 36 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 88 | 39 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 67 | 29 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |