Scoil Padraig
Ballylinan · Roll number 17064U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 218
- +5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 55 from 273 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 109 / 109
- 50% 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
218 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 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 24.3 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 26.3 |
| 1st Class | 33 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 27.8 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 26.5 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 18 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 29.0 |
| 4th Class | 37 | 36 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 30.8 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 36 | 35 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 31.7 |
| 6th Class | 37 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 32.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 23 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 231st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 221st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
33 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 331st Class2020/21
- 322nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 364th Class2021/22
- 355th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
37 in 4th Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 374th Class2020/21
- 365th Class2021/22
- 386th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +163rd Class in 2022/23 (18 to 34)
- −173rd Class in 2021/22 (35 to 18)
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 Scoil Padraig, 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
15.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.83 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 Scoil Padraig, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil PadraigThis school | – | 218 |
−20.1%
|
|
| 1 | Ballyadams N S3.2 km · Via ATHY | 3.2 km | 111 |
−21.8%
|
| 2 | Shanganamore N S3.6 km · Athy | 3.6 km | 106 |
−11.7%
|
| 3 | Ardlios N S6.4 km · Ballickmoyler · DEIS | 6.4 km | 50 |
−26.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhichil Naofa6.8 km · Athy · DEIS | 6.8 km | 496 |
−25.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil Abbain Cillin6.9 km · Maganey | 6.9 km | 99 |
+4.2%
|
| 6 | Churchtown N S7.0 km · Athy | 7.0 km | 55 |
−52.6%
|
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
- Aileen Hurley
- Phone
- 0598625195
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballylinan, Co. Laois, R14 HK31
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
- Athy
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
41 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 | 218 | 109 | 109 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 104 | 109 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 219 | 94 | 125 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 232 | 93 | 139 | 27 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | 240 | 99 | 141 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 257 | 118 | 139 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 19 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 37 |
| 2019/20 | 261 | 117 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 268 | 126 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 277 | 125 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 285 | 134 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 273 | 135 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 259 | 137 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 259 | 137 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 250 | 126 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 244 | 123 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 240 | 114 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 226 | 105 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 213 | 97 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 208 | 104 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 196 | 95 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 186 | 96 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 180 | 89 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 167 | 85 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 149 | 75 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 149 | 75 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 140 | 67 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 114 | 52 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 113 | 51 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 115 | 56 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 125 | 63 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 133 | 67 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 132 | 66 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 144 | 69 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 160 | 71 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 165 | 64 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 167 | 63 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 152 | 52 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 144 | 46 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 137 | 45 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 135 | 57 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |