S N Pol A Tsomais
Béal an Átha · Roll number 16283E
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 27
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −27%
- Down 10 from 37 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 14 / 13
- 52% 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
27 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 | – | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Senior Infants | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4.4 |
| 1st Class | – | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5.0 |
| 2nd Class | 3 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | 4.8 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 3.2 |
| 4th Class | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 5th Class | 7 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 4.0 |
| 6th Class | 4 | 7 | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 2 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 2Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
4 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2023/24
- 4Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
9 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2022/23
- 8Senior Infants2023/24
- 81st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 4 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 41st Class2023/24
- 42nd Class2024/25
- 43rd Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Senior Infants2020/21
- 41st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 45th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
3 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 32nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 34th Class2022/23
- 35th Class2023/24
- 36th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 24th Class2021/22
- 25th Class2022/23
- 26th Class2023/24
In 5th Class in 2020/21
7 in 5th Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 75th Class2020/21
- 76th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +6Junior Infants in 2022/23 (3 to 9)
- −5Junior Infants in 2023/24 (9 to 4)
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 Pol A Tsomais, 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
2.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers15 hours of support teaching a week 0.6
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.7 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 Pol A Tsomais, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Pol A TsomaisThis school | – | 27 |
−27.0%
|
|
| 1 | S N Ros Dumhach2.1 km · Béal an Átha · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 2.1 km | 27 |
+50.0%
|
| 2 | SN Inbhear4.6 km · Ballina · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 4.6 km | 67 |
+103.0%
|
| 3 | SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg5.3 km · Béal an Átha · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.3 km | 26 | – |
| 4 | Barnatra N S5.9 km · Ballina · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.9 km | 24 |
−7.7%
|
| 5 | S N Achaidh an Ghlaisin10.1 km · Beal An Mhuirthead · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 10.1 km | 48 |
+23.1%
|
| 6 | SN Gleann A Chaisil10.6 km · Ballina · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 10.6 km | 64 |
+12.3%
|
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
- Aisling Nic Aindriú
- Phone
- 09784573
- [email protected]
- Address
- Pol a tSomais, Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo, F26 WD26
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killala
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Planning area
- Belmullet
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 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 2 | – |
| 2021/22 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 20 | 8 | 12 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 7 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 24 | 10 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 24 | 8 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 27 | 11 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 30 | 11 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 37 | 16 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 40 | 17 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 38 | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 44 | 21 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 45 | 21 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 53 | 24 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 57 | 26 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 60 | 24 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 55 | 23 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 58 | 24 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 58 | 32 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 56 | 31 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 63 | 35 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 60 | 34 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 67 | 37 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 64 | 35 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 64 | 37 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 61 | 34 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 70 | 38 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 78 | 35 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 82 | 41 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 84 | 41 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 84 | 43 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 97 | 46 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 98 | 45 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 114 | 56 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 111 | 54 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |