Cliffoney N S
Cliffoney · Roll number 16136O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 96
- +13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +63%
- Up 37 from 59 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 41 / 55
- 43% 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
96 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 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9.5 |
| Senior Infants | 5 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 9.0 |
| 1st Class | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 9.3 |
| 2nd Class | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 9.7 |
| 3rd Class | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 9.2 |
| 4th Class | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 10.3 |
| 5th Class | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9.5 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
10 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 10 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 10Junior Infants2024/25
- 10Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 9Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
11 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 8 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 5Senior Infants2022/23
- 61st Class2023/24
- 62nd Class2024/25
- 83rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2020/21
- 11Senior Infants2021/22
- 121st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 164th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 5Senior Infants2020/21
- 41st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 75th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
6 in 1st Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 61st Class2020/21
- 62nd Class2021/22
- 63rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
9 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 92nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 126th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
8 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 83rd Class2020/21
- 84th Class2021/22
- 85th Class2022/23
- 106th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
10 in 4th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 104th Class2020/21
- 105th Class2021/22
- 106th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
14 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 145th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +122nd Class in 2025/26 (6 to 18)
- −92nd Class in 2024/25 (15 to 6)
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 Cliffoney N S, 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
5.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.9 special education teachers and 2.5 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 Cliffoney N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffoney N SThis school | – | 96 |
+62.7%
|
|
| 1 | S N Bhride3.4 km · Moneygold | 3.4 km | 35 |
+12.9%
|
| 2 | S N Aodain4.0 km · Ballintrillick | 4.0 km | 16 |
−61.0%
|
| 3 | S N Mhuire4.6 km · Cliffoney | 4.6 km | 15 |
−67.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Molaise6.3 km · Grange | 6.3 km | 274 |
−1.1%
|
| 5 | Four Masters NS10.8 km · Kinlough | 10.8 km | 289 |
+5.9%
|
| 6 | St Macartans Central12.2 km · Bundoran · DEIS | 12.2 km | 276 |
+11.7%
|
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
- Catherine Lynch
- Phone
- 0719166578
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballinphull, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, F91 YC85
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Sligo County Council
- Planning area
- Grange
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 | 96 | 41 | 55 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 83 | 32 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 82 | 35 | 47 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 67 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | 64 | 28 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 74 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 67 | 37 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 72 | 41 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 64 | 33 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 61 | 33 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 59 | 36 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 60 | 37 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 59 | 37 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 59 | 31 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 69 | 36 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 71 | 35 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 82 | 40 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 80 | 34 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 87 | 40 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 90 | 42 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 87 | 41 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 92 | 45 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 89 | 46 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 84 | 46 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 89 | 48 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 88 | 54 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 85 | 50 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 87 | 50 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 98 | 51 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 96 | 52 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 91 | 48 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 93 | 48 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 101 | 50 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 103 | 50 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 95 | 39 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 89 | 38 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 83 | 40 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 80 | 36 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 73 | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 74 | 34 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 66 | 35 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 80 | 44 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |