Naomh Padraig N S

Rosenallis · Roll number 18513F

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
86
+4 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−22%
Down 25 from 111 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
43 / 43
50% girls
Teachers
about 7
4 class teachers and 1 special class teacher. Who they are

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

86 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants10
  • Senior Infants11
  • 1st Class12
  • 2nd Class12
  • 3rd Class10
  • 4th Class13
  • 5th Class7
  • 6th Class11

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 13 11 8 10 11 10 10.5
Senior Infants 6 13 11 8 10 11 9.8
1st Class 7 6 13 10 7 12 9.2
2nd Class 10 7 7 12 10 12 9.7
3rd Class 13 10 8 7 12 10 10.0
4th Class 9 12 10 8 6 13 9.7
5th Class 13 9 14 11 9 7 10.5
6th Class 15 13 9 14 11 11 12.2

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.

  1. 13Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 13Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 131st Class2022/23
  4. 122nd Class2023/24
  5. 123rd Class2024/25
  6. 134th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +7Senior Infants in 2021/22 (6 to 13)
  • −45th Class in 2021/22 (13 to 9)

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 Naomh Padraig 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

6.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 7 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 teachers45 hours of support teaching a week 1.8
  • Special class teachersFor an autism class 1

4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.9 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4 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 Naomh Padraig N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Naomh Padraig N S
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Naomh Padraig N SThis school – 86
−22.5%
1 Rosenallis N S2.4 km · Rosenallis 2.4 km 75
−19.4%
2 Barr na Sruthan N S4.0 km · Mountmellick · DEIS 4.0 km 91
+42.2%
3 St Pauls N S4.4 km · Mountmellick · Church of Ireland 4.4 km 41
+70.8%
4 Mountmellick Boys N S4.9 km · Mountmellick · Boys · DEIS 4.9 km 187
−31.2%
5 St Josephs Girls N.S.5.0 km · Mountmellick · Girls · DEIS 5.0 km 230
−7.6%
6 S N Baile Finn6.9 km · Portlaoise 6.9 km 208
−8.4%
Every school within 10 km

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 Burke
Address
Doire Liaim Oig, Rosenallis, Co Laois, R32 YD81

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
Mountmellick

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 86 43 43 101112121013711
2024/25 82 42 40 1110710126911
2023/24 86 45 41 1081012781114
2022/23 85 44 41 811137810149
2021/22 81 43 38 1113671012913
2020/21 86 45 41 1367101391315
2019/20 88 47 41 ––––––––
2018/19 102 54 48 ––––––––
2017/18 109 59 50 ––––––––
2016/17 109 57 52 ––––––––
2015/16 111 55 56 ––––––––
2014/15 116 60 56 ––––––––
2013/14 115 56 59 ––––––––
2012/13 104 52 52 ––––––––
2011/12 102 50 52 ––––––––
2010/11 99 48 51 ––––––––
2009/10 104 50 54 ––––––––
2008/09 89 40 49 ––––––––
2007/08 91 45 46 ––––––––
2006/07 88 40 48 ––––––––
2005/06 93 42 51 ––––––––
2004/05 90 41 49 ––––––––
2003/04 92 43 49 ––––––––
2002/03 83 41 42 ––––––––
2001/02 74 37 37 ––––––––
2000/01 72 39 33 ––––––––
1999/00 61 33 28 ––––––––
1998/99 62 33 29 ––––––––
1997/98 59 34 25 ––––––––
1996/97 60 31 29 ––––––––
1995/96 69 32 37 ––––––––
1994/95 67 28 39 ––––––––
1993/94 72 29 43 ––––––––
1982/83 74 42 32 ––––––––
1981/82 75 41 34 ––––––––
1980/81 74 39 35 ––––––––
1979/80 76 38 38 ––––––––
1978/79 70 38 32 ––––––––
1977/78 60 33 27 ––––––––
1976/77 56 30 26 ––––––––
1975/76 55 – – ––––––––
1974/75 54 26 28 ––––––––