Naomh Oliver Plunkett
Loughmourne · Roll number 19469K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 255
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +15%
- Up 34 from 221 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 129 / 126
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
255 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 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 35 | 27.8 |
| Senior Infants | 30 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 36 | 27.8 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 35 | 21 | 27.8 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 37 | 28.7 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 27.5 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 27.8 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 27.5 |
| 6th Class | 30 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 27.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 36 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 36Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 37 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 33Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 372nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 271st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 30Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 205th Class2022/23
- 206th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Senior Infants in 2025/26 (18 to 36)
- −15Junior Infants in 2023/24 (33 to 18)
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 Oliver Plunkett, 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
19.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- 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 teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes and an early intervention class 5
12.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 28 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 12.66 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 Naomh Oliver Plunkett, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Oliver PlunkettThis school | – | 255 |
+15.4%
|
|
| 1 | Doohamlet N S5.7 km · Castleblayney | 5.7 km | 134 |
+7.2%
|
| 2 | St. Brigid's National School Aughnafarcon6.5 km · Castleblayney | 6.5 km | 37 |
−27.5%
|
| 3 | Ballybay Central NS6.7 km · Ballybay · Presbyterian · DEIS | 6.7 km | 66 |
+61.0%
|
| 4 | Latton6.7 km · Castleblayney | 6.7 km | 161 |
−7.5%
|
| 5 | Scoil Éanna6.7 km · Ballybay · DEIS | 6.7 km | 228 |
−3.8%
|
| 6 | Scoil Phadraig7.7 km · Carrickmacross | 7.7 km | 142 |
+12.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Adrian Kelly
- Phone
- 0429745055
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tossey, Loughmourne, Co. Monaghan, A75 PY66
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Clogher
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Planning area
- Cootehill
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
40 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 255 | 129 | 126 | 35 | 36 | 21 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 258 | 132 | 126 | 34 | 18 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 239 | 121 | 118 | 18 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | 252 | 120 | 132 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 238 | 117 | 121 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 233 | 115 | 118 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 246 | 114 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 236 | 112 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 229 | 108 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 219 | 100 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 221 | 99 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 206 | 91 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 199 | 86 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 191 | 79 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 180 | 76 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 168 | 71 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 152 | 67 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 153 | 69 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 150 | 72 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 146 | 70 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 148 | 76 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 139 | 70 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 148 | 74 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 162 | 77 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 173 | 80 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 184 | 80 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 197 | 85 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 216 | 98 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 220 | 95 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 215 | 98 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 225 | 100 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 231 | 107 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 248 | 112 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 236 | 101 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 240 | 106 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 225 | 98 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 236 | 102 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 221 | 101 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 214 | 102 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |