Castleblayney Convent National School
Castleblayney · Roll number 16202B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 155
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +22%
- Up 28 from 127 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 155 / 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
155 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 25.7 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 33 | 26.8 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 27.5 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 28.0 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 34 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 39 | 31.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 33 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 342nd Class2024/25
- 333rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 34 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 344th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
21 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
26 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 39 in 6th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 325th Class2024/25
- 396th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 326th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 346th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2025/26 (25 to 39)
- −142nd Class in 2025/26 (34 to 20)
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 Castleblayney Convent National 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
11.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a mild general learning disability class 2
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers, 2 special class 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 Castleblayney Convent National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleblayney Convent National SchoolThis school | – | 155 |
+22.0%
|
|
| 1 | Castleblayney Convent Infants National School0.1 km · Castleblayney · DEIS | 0.1 km | 197 |
+15.2%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Lorgan0.6 km · Baile na Lorgan · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.6 km | 159 |
+1.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire BNS0.6 km · Castleblayney · Boys · DEIS | 0.6 km | 183 |
+16.6%
|
| 4 | Castleblayney Cent N S1.7 km · Castleblayney · Presbyterian | 1.7 km | 10 |
−71.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Padraig4.2 km · Castleblayney · DEIS | 4.2 km | 87 |
+27.9%
|
| 6 | Annalitten N S4.7 km · Castleblayeny | 4.7 km | 37 |
+42.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Paula Coleman
- Phone
- 0429746090
- [email protected]
- Address
- Laurel Hill, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, A75 XT66
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Clogher
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Planning area
- Castleblaney
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 | 155 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 39 |
| 2024/25 | 153 | 153 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 147 | 147 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 136 | 136 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 144 | 144 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 146 | 146 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 140 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 133 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 139 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 128 | 128 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 127 | 127 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 121 | 121 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 118 | 118 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 121 | 121 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 118 | 118 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 130 | 130 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 131 | 131 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 126 | 126 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 134 | 134 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 144 | 144 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 121 | 121 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 109 | 109 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 102 | 102 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 95 | 95 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 94 | 94 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 106 | 106 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 119 | 119 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 132 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 136 | 136 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 135 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 137 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 137 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 145 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 168 | 168 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 178 | 178 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 195 | 195 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 190 | 190 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 210 | 210 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 218 | 218 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 212 | 212 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 205 | 205 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 183 | 183 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |