Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa
Rathdowney · Roll number 19791P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 108
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 11 from 119 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 50 / 58
- 46% 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
108 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 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14.0 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14.5 |
| 1st Class | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 13.8 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13.2 |
| 3rd Class | 15 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13.5 |
| 4th Class | 10 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 13.3 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13.0 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 12.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
11 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 11Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
13 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Junior Infants2022/23
- 13Senior Infants2023/24
- 131st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 171st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 141st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 154th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
8 in 1st Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 81st Class2020/21
- 82nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 94th Class2023/24
- 95th Class2024/25
- 76th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 135th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
15 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 153rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 155th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
10 in 4th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 104th Class2020/21
- 105th Class2021/22
- 106th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +86th Class in 2021/22 (11 to 19)
- −96th Class in 2022/23 (19 to 10)
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 Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa, 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
7.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.7 special education teachers and 1.83 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 Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Tíghearnach NaofaThis school | – | 108 |
−9.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Chrion Choill5.9 km · via Thurles | 5.9 km | 28 |
+12.0%
|
| 2 | Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo6.0 km · Durrow | 6.0 km | 192 |
−1.0%
|
| 3 | Lisdowney N S7.0 km · Ballyragget | 7.0 km | 96 |
+28.0%
|
| 4 | Naomh Pius X N S7.0 km · Portlaoise | 7.0 km | 49 |
+53.1%
|
| 5 | S N Mhichil Naofa7.0 km · Galmoy (via Thurles) | 7.0 km | 62 |
0.0%
|
| 6 | Cloch an Tsionnaigh N S7.6 km · Abbeyleix | 7.6 km | 64 |
−39.6%
|
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
- Philip O Riain
- Phone
- 0578737281
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cullohill, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, R32 WV79
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
- Ballinakill
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 108 | 50 | 58 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 109 | 55 | 54 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 111 | 54 | 57 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 105 | 50 | 55 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | 111 | 51 | 60 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 102 | 42 | 60 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 99 | 46 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 106 | 50 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 115 | 52 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 119 | 58 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 125 | 63 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 116 | 56 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 122 | 64 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 108 | 53 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 102 | 53 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 102 | 52 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 96 | 53 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 88 | 45 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 86 | 46 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 86 | 50 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 82 | 46 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 82 | 46 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 82 | 46 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 86 | 47 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 88 | 48 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 91 | 46 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 100 | 50 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 98 | 46 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 107 | 45 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 110 | 51 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 109 | 48 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 97 | 45 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |