Tobar an Leinn
Abbeyleix · Roll number 16667W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 167
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +55%
- Up 59 from 108 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 67 / 100
- 40% 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
167 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 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 16.5 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 18.0 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 18.0 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 28 | 17.5 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 16.2 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 20.5 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 16.8 |
| 6th Class | 16 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 22 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 25Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 162nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 364th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 123rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 125th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 186th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 216th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
11 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 115th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +144th Class in 2024/25 (11 to 25)
- −113rd Class in 2025/26 (25 to 14)
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 Tobar an Leinn, 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
11teaching 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 teachers50 hours of support teaching a week 2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 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 Tobar an Leinn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobar an LeinnThis school | – | 167 |
+54.6%
|
|
| 1 | Trummera N S4.1 km · Maighean Rátha · Gaelscoil | 4.1 km | 34 |
−15.0%
|
| 2 | Ballyroan Primary School5.3 km · Ballyroan | 5.3 km | 177 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire5.5 km · Abbeyleix | 5.5 km | 269 |
−28.8%
|
| 4 | S N Fionntan Naofa5.6 km · Portlaoise | 5.6 km | 60 |
−29.4%
|
| 5 | Abbeyleix STH N S6.2 km · Abbeyleix · Church of Ireland | 6.2 km | 84 |
−14.3%
|
| 6 | Cluain Eidhneach N S8.0 km · Mountrath · Church of Ireland | 8.0 km | 89 |
+18.7%
|
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
- Niamh Campion
- Phone
- 0578731767
- [email protected]
- Address
- Raheen, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, R32 R296
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
- Ballinakill
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 | 167 | 67 | 100 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 170 | 70 | 100 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 65 | 96 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 159 | 64 | 95 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | 118 | 54 | 64 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 115 | 53 | 62 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 108 | 53 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 110 | 56 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 110 | 55 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 107 | 52 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 108 | 56 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 99 | 53 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 102 | 55 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 99 | 52 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 107 | 46 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 100 | 41 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 104 | 45 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 101 | 42 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 97 | 42 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 87 | 38 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 80 | 32 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 74 | 29 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 70 | 28 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 71 | 31 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 76 | 29 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 77 | 30 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 73 | 25 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 73 | 26 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 72 | 28 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 80 | 32 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 83 | 34 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 89 | 40 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 112 | 46 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 109 | 42 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 108 | 46 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 105 | 42 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 105 | 42 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 101 | 44 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 93 | 46 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 93 | 49 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |