S N Naomh Colmcille
Portlaoise · Roll number 18780F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 71
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 5 from 66 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 37 / 34
- 52% 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
71 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 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8.2 |
| Senior Infants | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8.2 |
| 1st Class | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9.2 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10.7 |
| 3rd Class | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 4th Class | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10.2 |
| 5th Class | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 6th Class | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
8 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 7 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 8Junior Infants2024/25
- 7Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 9Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
7 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2022/23
- 7Senior Infants2023/24
- 91st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
9 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 10 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 9Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 103rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 10Junior Infants2020/21
- 9Senior Infants2021/22
- 91st Class2022/23
- 112nd Class2023/24
- 103rd Class2024/25
- 104th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 9Senior Infants2020/21
- 81st Class2021/22
- 82nd Class2022/23
- 83rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 105th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
12 in 1st Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 121st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 133rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 125th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 123rd Class2021/22
- 124th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
9 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 93rd Class2020/21
- 84th Class2021/22
- 85th Class2022/23
- 86th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
9 in 4th Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 94th Class2020/21
- 85th Class2021/22
- 76th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
9 in 5th Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 95th Class2020/21
- 86th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +56th Class in 2024/25 (8 to 13)
- −52nd Class in 2022/23 (13 to 8)
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 Colmcille, 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
5.1teaching 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 teachers27.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.1
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.1 special education teachers and 2.83 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. 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 Colmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh ColmcilleThis school | – | 71 |
+7.6%
|
|
| 1 | Kiladooley Mixed N S4.9 km · Borris-in-Ossory | 4.9 km | 132 |
+26.9%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhride5.2 km · Rathdowney · DEIS | 5.2 km | 244 |
+19.0%
|
| 3 | Clonmore N S6.6 km · Templemore | 6.6 km | 96 |
+31.5%
|
| 4 | Templetuohy N S7.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 7.9 km | 77 |
+67.4%
|
| 5 | S N Mhichil Naofa9.6 km · Galmoy (via Thurles) | 9.6 km | 62 |
0.0%
|
| 6 | St Josephs National School10.0 km · Borrin-in-Ossory | 10.0 km | 95 |
−2.1%
|
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
- Colin Dowling
- Phone
- 050544228
- [email protected]
- Address
- Errill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 CK26
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Rathdowney
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 | 71 | 37 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 77 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 72 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 75 | 45 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | 80 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 71 | 40 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 73 | 42 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 65 | 38 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 67 | 37 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 66 | 30 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 61 | 28 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 60 | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 56 | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 60 | 32 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 60 | 33 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 69 | 38 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 65 | 34 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 70 | 39 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 78 | 39 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 74 | 33 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 73 | 33 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 72 | 33 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 69 | 34 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 68 | 33 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 71 | 36 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 74 | 33 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 79 | 38 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 77 | 38 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 81 | 39 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 78 | 39 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 76 | 37 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 76 | 35 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 77 | 36 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 71 | 33 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 70 | 33 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 74 | 34 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 70 | 35 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 55 | 21 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |