S N Peadar agus Pol
Ballon · Roll number 14837L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 239
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 42 from 281 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 123 / 116
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
239 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 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 26.2 |
| Senior Infants | 37 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 28.0 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 30.5 |
| 2nd Class | 35 | 35 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 32.0 |
| 3rd Class | 42 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 23 | 25 | 33.7 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 44 | 23 | 35.0 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 35 | 44 | 35.5 |
| 6th Class | 36 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 37 | 34 | 34.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
37 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 37Senior Infants2020/21
- 401st Class2021/22
- 402nd Class2022/23
- 403rd Class2023/24
- 444th Class2024/25
- 445th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 353rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
35 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 352nd Class2020/21
- 373rd Class2021/22
- 374th Class2022/23
- 365th Class2023/24
- 376th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
42 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 423rd Class2020/21
- 414th Class2021/22
- 425th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +125th Class in 2022/23 (30 to 42)
- −214th Class in 2025/26 (44 to 23)
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 S N Peadar agus Pol, 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
17.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers87.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and a moderate general learning disability class 3
10 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 20 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 10 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 S N Peadar agus Pol, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Peadar agus PolThis school | – | 239 |
−14.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Muire gan Smal4.7 km · Ardattin | 4.7 km | 61 |
−14.1%
|
| 2 | S N Fhoirtcheirn/Fhinin5.8 km · Bagenalstown · DEIS | 5.8 km | 106 |
−6.2%
|
| 3 | Rathoe NS5.8 km · Rathoe | 5.8 km | 175 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | S N Muire Lourdes7.3 km · Tullow · Girls · DEIS | 7.3 km | 195 |
−11.8%
|
| 5 | Newtown Dunleckney MXD7.5 km · Muinebheag | 7.5 km | 144 |
+5.1%
|
| 6 | S N Phadraig Naofa7.6 km · Tullow · Boys · DEIS | 7.6 km | 150 |
−34.2%
|
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 Carroll
- Phone
- 0599159280
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballon, Co. Carlow, R93 WE29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Tullow
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 239 | 123 | 116 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 44 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 250 | 125 | 125 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 44 | 35 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 262 | 128 | 134 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 259 | 127 | 132 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 42 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 256 | 123 | 133 | 24 | 23 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 30 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 263 | 121 | 142 | 23 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 30 | 26 | 36 |
| 2019/20 | 280 | 130 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 279 | 126 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 274 | 129 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 275 | 133 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 281 | 136 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 281 | 135 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 281 | 139 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 264 | 129 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 249 | 120 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 233 | 114 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 212 | 99 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 197 | 89 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 184 | 88 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 176 | 87 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 163 | 81 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 149 | 81 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 133 | 74 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 130 | 70 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 128 | 64 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 122 | 66 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 124 | 70 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 129 | 72 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 136 | 68 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 152 | 78 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 172 | 92 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 163 | 87 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 180 | 99 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 149 | 76 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 146 | 77 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 136 | 72 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 125 | 72 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 126 | 73 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 136 | 74 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 138 | 72 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |