Castletown RD Convent
Dundalk · Roll number 14651U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 191
- +6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +16%
- Up 27 from 164 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 191 / 0
- 100% 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
191 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 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 22.7 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 24.5 |
| 1st Class | 16 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 22.8 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 24.8 |
| 4th Class | 21 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 23 | 23.5 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 24.0 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 23.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 20 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 20Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 23 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 231st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 322nd Class2022/23
- 323rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 345th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
16 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 161st Class2020/21
- 142nd Class2021/22
- 173rd Class2022/23
- 164th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
21 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 214th Class2020/21
- 215th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +182nd Class in 2022/23 (14 to 32)
- −112nd Class in 2021/22 (25 to 14)
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 Castletown RD Convent, 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
14.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers 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 Castletown RD Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletown RD ConventThis school | – | 191 |
+16.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Nicholas Monastery NS0.1 km · Dundalk · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 164 |
−3.0%
|
| 2 | S N San Nioclas0.4 km · Dundalk · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.4 km | 148 |
+22.3%
|
| 3 | C.B.S. Primary0.6 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 0.6 km | 524 |
+18.8%
|
| 4 | S N an Tslanaitheora B0.8 km · Dundalk · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 169 |
+101.2%
|
| 5 | S N an Tslanaitheora C0.8 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 0.8 km | 160 |
+60.0%
|
| 6 | Dun Dealgan N S1.0 km · Dundalk · Presbyterian | 1.0 km | 84 |
0.0%
|
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
- Lisa Murphy
- Phone
- 0429334574
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castletown Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 P957
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Dundalk
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 | 191 | 191 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 185 | – | 19 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 188 | 188 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 191 | 191 | – | 23 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 187 | 187 | – | 22 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 190 | 190 | – | 25 | 33 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 192 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 166 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 165 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 157 | 157 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 164 | 164 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 161 | 161 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 178 | 178 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 183 | 183 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 192 | 192 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 205 | 205 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 204 | 204 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 213 | 213 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 219 | 219 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 208 | 208 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 212 | 212 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 185 | 185 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 174 | 174 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 180 | 180 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 183 | 183 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 186 | 186 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 201 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 207 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 215 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 223 | 223 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 234 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 251 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 262 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 308 | 308 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 314 | 314 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 350 | 350 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 356 | 356 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 367 | 367 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 381 | 381 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 367 | 367 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 380 | 380 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 369 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 359 | 359 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |