Presentation Primary School
Portarlington · Roll number 15556I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 496
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −31%
- Down 227 from 723 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 489 / 7
- 99% 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
496 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 | 52 | 54 | 45 | 39 | 41 | 56 | 47.8 |
| Senior Infants | 74 | 55 | 56 | 45 | 41 | 50 | 53.5 |
| 1st Class | 81 | 69 | 58 | 57 | 47 | 43 | 59.2 |
| 2nd Class | 67 | 80 | 72 | 59 | 56 | 51 | 64.2 |
| 3rd Class | 81 | 65 | 79 | 72 | 66 | 58 | 70.2 |
| 4th Class | 73 | 80 | 74 | 84 | 75 | 70 | 76.0 |
| 5th Class | 71 | 74 | 82 | 74 | 91 | 76 | 78.0 |
| 6th Class | 84 | 70 | 73 | 83 | 75 | 92 | 79.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
41 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
39 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 43 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2023/24
- 41Senior Infants2024/25
- 431st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 51 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 512nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 70 in 4th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 581st Class2022/23
- 592nd Class2023/24
- 663rd Class2024/25
- 704th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
74 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 76 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 74Senior Infants2020/21
- 691st Class2021/22
- 722nd Class2022/23
- 723rd Class2023/24
- 754th Class2024/25
- 765th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
81 in 1st Class (2020/21), 92 in 6th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 811st Class2020/21
- 802nd Class2021/22
- 793rd Class2022/23
- 844th Class2023/24
- 915th Class2024/25
- 926th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
67 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 672nd Class2020/21
- 653rd Class2021/22
- 744th Class2022/23
- 745th Class2023/24
- 756th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
81 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 83 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 813rd Class2020/21
- 804th Class2021/22
- 825th Class2022/23
- 836th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
73 in 4th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 734th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 736th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
71 in 5th Class (2020/21), 70 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 715th Class2020/21
- 706th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +175th Class in 2024/25 (74 to 91)
- −19Senior Infants in 2021/22 (74 to 55)
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 Presentation Primary School, 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
35.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers240 hours of support teaching a week 9.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes and 2 autism classes 4
10.97 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.5 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 13.48 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. 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 Presentation Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Primary SchoolThis school | – | 496 |
−31.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Phadraig0.4 km · Portarlington · Boys | 0.4 km | 521 |
+32.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 20.8 km · Portarlington · Church of Ireland | 0.8 km | 84 |
−15.2%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Eoin3.3 km · Killenard | 3.3 km | 374 |
−7.0%
|
| 4 | Cloneyhurke N S6.1 km · Portarlington | 6.1 km | 18 |
−37.9%
|
| 5 | Emo Mixed N S6.2 km · Portlaoise | 6.2 km | 207 |
−2.8%
|
| 6 | S N Mhuire7.7 km · Tullamore | 7.7 km | 124 |
0.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Frankie Andrews
- Phone
- 0578623007
- [email protected]
- Address
- Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, R32 HF43
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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Portarlington
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 | 496 | 489 | 7 | 56 | 50 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 70 | 76 | 92 |
| 2024/25 | 509 | 501 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 91 | 75 |
| 2023/24 | 525 | 514 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 57 | 59 | 72 | 84 | 74 | 83 |
| 2022/23 | 551 | 541 | 10 | 45 | 56 | 58 | 72 | 79 | 74 | 82 | 73 |
| 2021/22 | 559 | 548 | 11 | 54 | 55 | 69 | 80 | 65 | 80 | 74 | 70 |
| 2020/21 | 595 | 585 | 10 | 52 | 74 | 81 | 67 | 81 | 73 | 71 | 84 |
| 2019/20 | 709 | 622 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 779 | 616 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 741 | 587 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 741 | 582 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 723 | 564 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 683 | 544 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 665 | 505 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 618 | 475 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 548 | 437 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 534 | 426 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 509 | 402 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 482 | 381 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 458 | 367 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 422 | 330 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 389 | 302 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 385 | 295 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 349 | 281 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 315 | 261 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 317 | 261 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 292 | 243 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 300 | 262 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 327 | 276 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 346 | 282 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 351 | 294 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 339 | 277 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 350 | 279 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 374 | 298 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 431 | 341 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 439 | 347 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 426 | 334 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 449 | 364 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 445 | 353 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 441 | 354 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 442 | 355 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 440 | 349 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 451 | 361 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |