S N Naomh Chiarain
Johnstown · Roll number 17339K
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 90
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 7 from 83 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 40 / 50
- 44% 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
90 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 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 10.0 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 9.8 |
| 1st Class | 12 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 10.5 |
| 2nd Class | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 11.3 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 11.7 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13.5 |
| 5th Class | 7 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12.3 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 11.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
3 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 3Junior Infants2023/24
- 3Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
13 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 141st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
8 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 8 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 81st Class2023/24
- 82nd Class2024/25
- 83rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 121st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
12 in 1st Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 121st Class2020/21
- 122nd Class2021/22
- 133rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 135th Class2024/25
- 136th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
9 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 92nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 94th Class2022/23
- 95th Class2023/24
- 106th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 165th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
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
- +85th Class in 2021/22 (7 to 15)
- −11Senior Infants in 2024/25 (14 to 3)
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 Naomh Chiarain, 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
5.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers35 hours of support teaching a week 1.4
0.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.4 special education teachers and 0.75 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 S N Naomh Chiarain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh ChiarainThis school | – | 90 |
+8.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhichil Naofa3.5 km · Johnstown · DEIS | 3.5 km | 14 |
−51.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa3.7 km · via Thurles · DEIS | 3.7 km | 223 |
−5.9%
|
| 3 | S N Mhichil Naofa4.6 km · Galmoy (via Thurles) | 4.6 km | 62 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | S N Chrion Choill6.1 km · via Thurles | 6.1 km | 28 |
+12.0%
|
| 5 | S N Gort na hUaighe8.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.9 km | 132 |
+11.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa9.6 km · Rathdowney | 9.6 km | 108 |
−9.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Margaret Leahy
- Phone
- 0568831611
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathdowney Road, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, E41 N820
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Johnstown
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 | 90 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 86 | 36 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 88 | 41 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 99 | 47 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 91 | 45 | 46 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 88 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 85 | 45 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 90 | 46 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 88 | 45 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 92 | 52 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 83 | 47 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 86 | 49 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 93 | 51 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 95 | 54 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 95 | 52 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 96 | 54 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 96 | 55 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 102 | 56 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 106 | 54 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 94 | 49 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 100 | 53 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 104 | 57 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 104 | 56 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 111 | 61 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 111 | 61 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 113 | 59 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 106 | 58 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 107 | 58 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 95 | 51 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 92 | 46 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 100 | 47 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 172 | 77 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 163 | 75 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 156 | 74 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 151 | 71 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 155 | 71 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 156 | 71 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 144 | 65 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 142 | 66 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 139 | 71 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |