Holy Family Primary School
Mullingar · Roll number 17327D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 439
- −14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +91%
- Up 209 from 230 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 234 / 205
- 53% 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
439 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 | 40 | 59 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 52.3 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 44 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 53.3 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 58 | 50 | 59 | 54 | 52 | 54.3 |
| 2nd Class | 57 | 57 | 57 | 51 | 60 | 54 | 56.0 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 51 | 61 | 52.3 |
| 4th Class | 40 | 34 | 60 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 49.5 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 46 | 37 | 60 | 53 | 63 | 48.2 |
| 6th Class | 30 | 31 | 46 | 37 | 60 | 52 | 42.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
54 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 52 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2024/25
- 52Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
53 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2023/24
- 53Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
56 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 54 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2022/23
- 55Senior Infants2023/24
- 541st Class2024/25
- 542nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
59 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 61 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2021/22
- 60Senior Infants2022/23
- 591st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 613rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 4th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2020/21
- 44Senior Infants2021/22
- 501st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 534th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 63 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 635th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 573rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 535th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
57 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 572nd Class2020/21
- 593rd Class2021/22
- 604th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 344th Class2021/22
- 375th Class2022/23
- 376th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
40 in 4th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 404th Class2020/21
- 465th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +293rd Class in 2021/22 (30 to 59)
- −12Senior Infants in 2021/22 (56 to 44)
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.
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Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Holy Family Primary 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
23.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 10 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.16 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 Holy Family Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Primary SchoolThis school | – | 439 |
+90.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Cholmain Naofa1.2 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 1.2 km | 445 |
−6.1%
|
| 2 | S N na Naomh Uile1.6 km · Mullingar · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 86 |
−14.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil An Choillín1.7 km · An Muileann gCearr · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 1.7 km | 154 |
+62.1%
|
| 4 | Presentation Convent (JNR)2.0 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 2.0 km | 277 |
−27.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire2.0 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 2.0 km | 307 |
+12.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil na mBraithre2.1 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 2.1 km | 409 |
+21.4%
|
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
- Michael Molloy
- Phone
- 0449330168
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ardmore road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 AK6W
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- 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
- Westmeath County Council
- Planning area
- Mullingar
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 | 439 | 234 | 205 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 61 | 53 | 63 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 453 | 234 | 219 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 60 | 51 | 56 | 53 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 437 | 219 | 218 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 51 | 56 | 54 | 60 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | 435 | 215 | 220 | 56 | 60 | 50 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 37 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 400 | 194 | 206 | 59 | 44 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 34 | 46 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 347 | 169 | 178 | 40 | 56 | 53 | 57 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 332 | 162 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 286 | 142 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 260 | 132 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 235 | 113 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 230 | 114 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 232 | 112 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 224 | 113 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 213 | 98 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 208 | 99 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 210 | 101 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 185 | 88 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 182 | 92 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 184 | 90 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 161 | 76 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 136 | 55 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 134 | 59 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 134 | 63 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 122 | 54 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 129 | 56 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 99 | 49 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 90 | 44 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 96 | 49 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 91 | 43 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 81 | 40 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 83 | 41 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 87 | 42 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 80 | 36 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 108 | 61 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 110 | 60 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 119 | 62 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 126 | 66 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 122 | 62 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 141 | 70 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 131 | 62 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 116 | 51 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 88 | 45 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |