Scoil Iosagain
Buncrana · Roll number 19967D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 778
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 37 from 741 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 368 / 410
- 47% 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
778 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 | 93 | 84 | 88 | 88 | 74 | 83 | 85.0 |
| Senior Infants | 71 | 96 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 84 | 85.5 |
| 1st Class | 107 | 72 | 95 | 87 | 89 | 98 | 91.3 |
| 2nd Class | 89 | 107 | 75 | 100 | 89 | 96 | 92.7 |
| 3rd Class | 93 | 92 | 110 | 73 | 103 | 94 | 94.2 |
| 4th Class | 99 | 96 | 94 | 111 | 75 | 115 | 98.3 |
| 5th Class | 87 | 98 | 94 | 91 | 115 | 89 | 95.7 |
| 6th Class | 79 | 91 | 95 | 94 | 92 | 119 | 95.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
74 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 84 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 74Junior Infants2024/25
- 84Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
88 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 98 in 1st Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 88Junior Infants2023/24
- 90Senior Infants2024/25
- 981st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
88 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 96 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 88Junior Infants2022/23
- 88Senior Infants2023/24
- 891st Class2024/25
- 962nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
84 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 94 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 84Junior Infants2021/22
- 84Senior Infants2022/23
- 871st Class2023/24
- 892nd Class2024/25
- 943rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
93 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 115 in 4th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils more.
- 93Junior Infants2020/21
- 96Senior Infants2021/22
- 951st Class2022/23
- 1002nd Class2023/24
- 1033rd Class2024/25
- 1154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
71 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 89 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 71Senior Infants2020/21
- 721st Class2021/22
- 752nd Class2022/23
- 733rd Class2023/24
- 754th Class2024/25
- 895th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
107 in 1st Class (2020/21), 119 in 6th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 1071st Class2020/21
- 1072nd Class2021/22
- 1103rd Class2022/23
- 1114th Class2023/24
- 1155th Class2024/25
- 1196th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
89 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 92 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 892nd Class2020/21
- 923rd Class2021/22
- 944th Class2022/23
- 915th Class2023/24
- 926th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
93 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 94 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 933rd Class2020/21
- 964th Class2021/22
- 945th Class2022/23
- 946th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
99 in 4th Class (2020/21), 95 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 994th Class2020/21
- 985th Class2021/22
- 956th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
87 in 5th Class (2020/21), 91 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 875th Class2020/21
- 916th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +404th Class in 2025/26 (75 to 115)
- −373rd Class in 2023/24 (110 to 73)
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 Iosagain, 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
56teaching posts
Our estimate: about 56 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 29 mainstream classes 29
- 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 teachers350 hours of support teaching a week 14
- Special class teachersFor 7 autism classes, an early intervention class, a moderate general learning disability class, a severe or profound general learning disability class and a multiple disabilities class 11
42.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 62 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 14 special education teachers, 11 special class teachers and 42.16 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 Scoil Iosagain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil IosagainThis school | – | 778 |
+5.0%
|
|
| 1 | St. Mura's National School0.1 km · Buncrana · Church of Ireland | 0.1 km | 26 |
−23.5%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha0.6 km · Bun Cranncha · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.6 km | 67 |
−63.0%
|
| 3 | St Orans N S2.2 km · Buncrana · DEIS | 2.2 km | 228 |
−4.2%
|
| 4 | St Garvans N.S.6.5 km · Rathmullan · DEIS | 6.5 km | 33 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | Rathmullen N S6.8 km · Rathmullen · DEIS | 6.8 km | 119 |
+50.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Iósaf7.0 km · Buncrana · DEIS | 7.0 km | 45 |
−28.6%
|
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
- Sinead McLaughlin
- Phone
- 0749362450
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, F93 CA39
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Derry
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Buncrana
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 | 778 | 368 | 410 | 83 | 84 | 98 | 96 | 94 | 115 | 89 | 119 |
| 2024/25 | 790 | 373 | 417 | 74 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 103 | 75 | 115 | 92 |
| 2023/24 | 790 | 377 | 413 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 100 | 73 | 111 | 91 | 94 |
| 2022/23 | 792 | 374 | 418 | 88 | 84 | 95 | 75 | 110 | 94 | 94 | 95 |
| 2021/22 | 793 | 373 | 420 | 84 | 96 | 72 | 107 | 92 | 96 | 98 | 91 |
| 2020/21 | 776 | 365 | 411 | 93 | 71 | 107 | 89 | 93 | 99 | 87 | 79 |
| 2019/20 | 776 | 354 | 422 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 778 | 374 | 404 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 769 | 375 | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 734 | 357 | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 741 | 366 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 720 | 344 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 708 | 349 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 720 | 344 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 703 | 340 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 692 | 330 | 362 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 703 | 327 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 699 | 323 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 686 | 311 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 666 | 309 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 628 | 277 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 610 | 265 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 584 | 258 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 587 | 252 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 570 | 242 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 570 | 248 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 542 | 240 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 548 | 250 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 555 | 250 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 552 | 245 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 554 | 258 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 549 | 260 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 572 | 279 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |