Castleblayney Cent N S
Castleblayney · Roll number 19737J
- Presbyterian ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 10
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −71%
- Down 25 from 35 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 3 / 7
- 30% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
10 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 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Senior Infants | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 1st Class | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 2nd Class | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3rd Class | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 4th Class | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 5th Class | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 1.8 |
| 6th Class | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
1 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 1 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2024/25
- 1Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
1 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 1 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2023/24
- 1Senior Infants2024/25
- 11st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
0 in Senior Infants (2023/24), 1 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 0Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 12nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 1 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 2Senior Infants2022/23
- 11st Class2023/24
- 22nd Class2024/25
- 13rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1Junior Infants2020/21
- 02nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 24th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 3Senior Infants2020/21
- 21st Class2021/22
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 13rd Class2023/24
- 24th Class2024/25
- 25th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
1 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 11st Class2020/21
- 12nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
1 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 12nd Class2020/21
- 13rd Class2021/22
- 14th Class2022/23
- 15th Class2023/24
- 26th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
4 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 43rd Class2020/21
- 34th Class2021/22
- 35th Class2022/23
- 16th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
3 in 4th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 34th Class2020/21
- 15th Class2021/22
- 16th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
2 in 5th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25th Class2020/21
- 16th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +2Junior Infants in 2021/22 (1 to 3)
- −33rd Class in 2021/22 (4 to 1)
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 Castleblayney Cent 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
1.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 1 teacher.
- Class teachersOne mainstream class, with every standard together 1
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers10 hours of support teaching a week 0.4
0 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.4 special education teachers and 0.83 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 Castleblayney Cent N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleblayney Cent N SThis school | – | 10 |
−71.4%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Lorgan1.3 km · Baile na Lorgan · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 1.3 km | 159 |
+1.3%
|
| 2 | Castleblayney Convent Infants National School1.7 km · Castleblayney · DEIS | 1.7 km | 197 |
+15.2%
|
| 3 | Castleblayney Convent National School1.7 km · Castleblayney · Girls · DEIS | 1.7 km | 155 |
+22.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire BNS2.0 km · Castleblayney · Boys · DEIS | 2.0 km | 183 |
+16.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Padraig2.7 km · Castleblayney · DEIS | 2.7 km | 87 |
+27.9%
|
| 6 | Annyalla National School4.6 km · Annyalla | 4.6 km | 195 |
+12.7%
|
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
- Mr Lee Stewart (Acting Principal)
- Phone
- 0429740817
- [email protected]
- Address
- Drumalish, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, A75 E653
School
- Ethos
- Presbyterian
- Patron
- Presbytery of Monaghan
- 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
- Monaghan County Council
- Planning area
- Castleblaney
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
34 school years from 1983/84 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 22 | 8 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 26 | 11 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 29 | 12 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 35 | 15 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 28 | 7 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 31 | 9 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 34 | 13 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 37 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 36 | 16 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 37 | 17 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 43 | 20 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 47 | 23 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 45 | 21 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 48 | 22 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 46 | 18 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 55 | 25 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 65 | 31 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 68 | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 70 | 38 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 69 | 39 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 71 | 41 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 73 | 42 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 75 | 46 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 75 | 44 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 67 | 38 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 67 | 34 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |