St Josephs Convent
Longford Town · Roll number 18178R
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 527
- −14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +19%
- Up 84 from 443 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 391 / 136
- 74% 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
527 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 | 79 | 95 | 85 | 73 | 82 | 79 | 82.2 |
| Senior Infants | 83 | 80 | 97 | 81 | 77 | 83 | 83.5 |
| 1st Class | 85 | 82 | 82 | 101 | 89 | 85 | 87.3 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 48 | 48.0 |
| 3rd Class | 37 | 54 | 51 | 47 | 45 | 58 | 48.7 |
| 4th Class | 48 | 39 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 56 | 50.0 |
| 5th Class | 62 | 50 | 42 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 53.7 |
| 6th Class | 53 | 61 | 52 | 46 | 57 | 64 | 55.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
82 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 83 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 82Junior Infants2024/25
- 83Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
73 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 85 in 1st Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 73Junior Infants2023/24
- 77Senior Infants2024/25
- 851st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
85 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 37 pupils fewer.
- 85Junior Infants2022/23
- 81Senior Infants2023/24
- 891st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
95 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 37 pupils fewer.
- 95Junior Infants2021/22
- 97Senior Infants2022/23
- 1011st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
79 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 23 pupils fewer.
- 79Junior Infants2020/21
- 80Senior Infants2021/22
- 821st Class2022/23
- 442nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
83 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 29 pupils fewer.
- 83Senior Infants2020/21
- 821st Class2021/22
- 432nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
85 in 1st Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils fewer.
- 851st Class2020/21
- 452nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 605th Class2024/25
- 646th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 543rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 576th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
37 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 373rd Class2020/21
- 394th Class2021/22
- 425th Class2022/23
- 466th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
48 in 4th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 484th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 526th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
62 in 5th Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 625th Class2020/21
- 616th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +191st Class in 2023/24 (82 to 101)
- −16Senior Infants in 2023/24 (97 to 81)
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 St Josephs Convent, 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
45.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 46 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 28 mainstream classes 28
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers267.5 hours of support teaching a week 10.7
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
18.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.7 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 18.83 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 St Josephs Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs ConventThis school | – | 527 |
+19.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Micheal0.4 km · Longford · Boys · DEIS | 0.4 km | 224 |
+28.7%
|
| 2 | St. Johns National School0.8 km · Longford · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.8 km | 67 |
+15.5%
|
| 3 | St Emer's National School1.1 km · Templemichael · DEIS | 1.1 km | 215 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil an Longfoirt1.2 km · An Longfort · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.2 km | 112 |
−40.1%
|
| 5 | Stonepark N S3.9 km · Stonepark · DEIS | 3.9 km | 239 |
−1.6%
|
| 6 | S N Cnoc an Mharcaigh4.1 km · Longford | 4.1 km | 289 |
+7.8%
|
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
- Orla Egan
- Phone
- 0433345700
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dublin Road, Longford Town, N39 DY23
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Longford County Council
- Planning area
- Longford–Newtownforbes
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 | 527 | 391 | 136 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 48 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 541 | 393 | 148 | 82 | 77 | 89 | 53 | 45 | 49 | 60 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | 524 | 373 | 151 | 73 | 81 | 101 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | 517 | 375 | 142 | 85 | 97 | 82 | 43 | 51 | 54 | 42 | 52 |
| 2021/22 | 515 | 379 | 136 | 95 | 80 | 82 | 45 | 54 | 39 | 50 | 61 |
| 2020/21 | 514 | 383 | 131 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 55 | 37 | 48 | 62 | 53 |
| 2019/20 | 544 | 397 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 532 | 385 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 508 | 352 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 474 | 338 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 443 | 312 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 445 | 319 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 416 | 296 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 379 | 274 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 373 | 271 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 385 | 272 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 394 | 268 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 394 | 261 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 375 | 246 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 275 | 178 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 226 | 162 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 215 | 154 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 230 | 162 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 252 | 181 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 253 | 188 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 246 | 194 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 260 | 217 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 285 | 244 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 327 | 267 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 360 | 278 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 376 | 285 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 410 | 304 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 431 | 331 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 803 | 587 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 819 | 596 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 819 | 599 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 801 | 602 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 805 | 598 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 785 | 586 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 749 | 538 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 766 | 559 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 763 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 723 | 531 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |