Mhuire Fatima N S
Portlaoise · Roll number 18368W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 193
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 34 from 159 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 88 / 105
- 46% 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
193 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 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 32 | 21.8 |
| Senior Infants | 18 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 20.0 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 20.2 |
| 2nd Class | 15 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 19.2 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 20.0 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 20.2 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 19.2 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 18.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 25Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 18Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 192nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 113rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
15 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 152nd Class2020/21
- 153rd Class2021/22
- 154th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 196th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 136th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Junior Infants in 2025/26 (16 to 32)
- −8Senior Infants in 2025/26 (25 to 17)
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 Mhuire Fatima N S, 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
14.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes 2
7.15 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.15 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 Mhuire Fatima N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhuire Fatima N SThis school | – | 193 |
+21.4%
|
|
| 1 | Raithin an Uisce N S5.1 km · Stradbally | 5.1 km | 211 |
−9.4%
|
| 2 | Cosby N S6.7 km · Stradbally · Church of Ireland | 6.7 km | 57 |
+46.2%
|
| 3 | St Coleman's National School6.8 km · Stradbally · Some subjects through Irish | 6.8 km | 318 |
+24.7%
|
| 4 | Ballyroan Primary School6.9 km · Ballyroan | 6.9 km | 177 | – |
| 5 | S N Molaise7.2 km · Abbeyleix · DEIS | 7.2 km | 58 |
−21.6%
|
| 6 | Ballyadams N S8.0 km · Via ATHY | 8.0 km | 111 |
−21.8%
|
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
- Michael McEvoy
- Phone
- 0578627051
- [email protected]
- Address
- Timahoe, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 YN52
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
- Portlaoise
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 | 193 | 88 | 105 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 86 | 114 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 77 | 97 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 64 | 94 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 144 | 64 | 80 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | 146 | 62 | 84 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 147 | 65 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 150 | 70 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 166 | 79 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 172 | 85 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 159 | 72 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 145 | 80 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 143 | 78 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 127 | 71 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 128 | 73 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 111 | 61 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 112 | 64 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 104 | 61 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 94 | 46 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 83 | 42 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 44 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 88 | 44 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 82 | 40 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 85 | 40 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 87 | 44 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 91 | 42 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 98 | 46 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 100 | 43 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 96 | 38 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 102 | 43 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 115 | 51 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 119 | 52 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 98 | 50 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 98 | 49 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 90 | 44 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 94 | 46 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 90 | 41 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 96 | 43 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 94 | 39 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 101 | 40 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |