Arden Boys NS
Tullamore · Roll number 19713S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +54%
- Up 75 from 140 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 215
- 0% girls
Pupils since 1981
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
215 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 50 | 56 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 50.3 |
| 4th Class | 45 | 49 | 49 | 56 | 46 | 54 | 49.8 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 43 | 51 | 49 | 62 | 46 | 51.7 |
| 6th Class | 51 | 57 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 63 | 51.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
46 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 46 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 464th Class2024/25
- 465th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
56 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 63 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 563rd Class2022/23
- 564th Class2023/24
- 625th Class2024/25
- 636th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
50 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 48 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 503rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 495th Class2023/24
- 486th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 494th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 496th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
45 in 4th Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 454th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 436th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +156th Class in 2025/26 (48 to 63)
- −165th Class in 2021/22 (59 to 43)
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 Arden Boys NS, 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
15.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers102.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7 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. 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 Arden Boys NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arden Boys NSThis school | – | 215 |
+53.6%
|
|
| 1 | St. Joseph's N.S.0.1 km · Tullamore · DEIS | 0.1 km | 360 |
−12.6%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Philomena0.6 km · Tullamore · Girls · DEIS | 0.6 km | 164 |
+7.2%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Brighde Buach1.0 km · Tullamore · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 116 |
−24.7%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Tullamore · DEIS | 1.1 km | 249 |
−30.3%
|
| 5 | Tullamore Educate Together NS1.3 km · Tullamore · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 236 |
+14.0%
|
| 6 | Charleville N S1.3 km · Tullamore · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 173 |
+74.7%
|
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
- Simon Byrne
- Phone
- 0579351894
- [email protected]
- Address
- Arden View, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35 HN70
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Tullamore–Killina
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
36 school years from 1981/82 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 215 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 213 | – | 213 | – | – | – | – | 51 | 46 | 62 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 202 | 0 | 202 | – | – | – | – | 46 | 56 | 49 | 49 |
| 2022/23 | 202 | – | 202 | – | – | – | – | 56 | 49 | 51 | 43 |
| 2021/22 | 202 | – | 202 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 49 | 43 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 202 | – | 202 | – | – | – | – | 47 | 45 | 59 | 51 |
| 2019/20 | 206 | – | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 202 | – | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 171 | – | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 155 | 0 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 140 | 0 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 146 | 0 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 155 | 0 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 156 | 0 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 156 | 0 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 151 | 0 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 150 | 0 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 153 | 0 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 147 | 0 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 159 | 0 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 144 | 0 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 133 | 0 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 129 | 0 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 120 | 0 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 126 | 0 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 121 | 0 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 133 | – | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 134 | – | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 147 | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 166 | 0 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 193 | – | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 198 | – | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 201 | – | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 227 | 0 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 180 | 0 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 119 | 0 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |