S N Cluain na Cille
Athlone · Roll number 18395C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 399
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +20%
- Up 66 from 333 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 193 / 206
- 48% 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
399 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 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 48 | 44 | 48 | 49.5 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 49.5 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 50.8 |
| 2nd Class | 52 | 56 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 47 | 51.2 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 52 | 57 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 52.7 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 53.0 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 59 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 52.8 |
| 6th Class | 47 | 48 | 59 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 52.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 48Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
49 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 52 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 511st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 523rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2020/21
- 52Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 562nd Class2021/22
- 573rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
52 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 522nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 524th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils fewer.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +115th Class in 2021/22 (48 to 59)
- −93rd Class in 2023/24 (57 to 48)
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 Cluain na Cille, 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
22.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers145 hours of support teaching a week 5.8
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.66 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 Cluain na Cille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Cluain na CilleThis school | – | 399 |
+19.8%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cnoc an Samhraidh2.8 km · Athlone | 2.8 km | 223 |
−6.3%
|
| 2 | Ballybay National School4.4 km · Athlone | 4.4 km | 224 |
−0.4%
|
| 3 | SN Deaghan O Ceallaigh4.5 km · Athlone · Boys · DEIS | 4.5 km | 77 |
−7.2%
|
| 4 | S N Ard Cianain4.7 km · Athlone | 4.7 km | 77 |
+32.8%
|
| 5 | S N Ronain5.2 km · Athlone | 5.2 km | 34 |
+3.0%
|
| 6 | St Peters N S SNR5.2 km · Athlone · DEIS | 5.2 km | 112 |
−5.9%
|
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
- Keith Kelly
- Phone
- 0906492569
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cloonakille, Bealnamulla, Athlone, Co. Roscommon, N37 E523
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Roscommon County Council
- Planning area
- Athlone
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 | 399 | 193 | 206 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 47 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 398 | 198 | 200 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 51 | 49 | 56 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 402 | 203 | 199 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 417 | 215 | 202 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 57 | 52 | 52 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 424 | 212 | 212 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 59 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 429 | 218 | 211 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 48 | 47 |
| 2019/20 | 429 | 214 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 431 | 213 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 391 | 196 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 364 | 181 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 333 | 170 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 292 | 150 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 266 | 140 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 241 | 129 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 212 | 119 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 187 | 97 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 161 | 85 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 139 | 69 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 115 | 55 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 102 | 55 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 90 | 47 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 44 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 83 | 41 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 86 | 43 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 91 | 45 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 83 | 41 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 90 | 47 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 87 | 44 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 105 | 48 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 106 | 49 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 103 | 54 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 108 | 52 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 110 | 55 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 58 | 26 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 63 | 29 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 48 | 22 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 52 | – | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 45 | 18 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 41 | 18 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 48 | 22 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |