Scoil Eoin Naofa
Sligo · Roll number 19974A
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 289
- +26 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 29 from 260 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 116 / 173
- 40% 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
289 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 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 32.8 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 41 | 29.0 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 26.2 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 29 | 23 | 35 | 26 | 34 | 30.8 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 38 | 33 | 32.7 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 31 | 36 | 34 | 27 | 38 | 32.0 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 26 | 30 | 45 | 37 | 28 | 33.0 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 35 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 43 | 35.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
35 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 41 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2024/25
- 41Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
32 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2023/24
- 29Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 34 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 342nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 33 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 333rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 38 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 261st Class2022/23
- 352nd Class2023/24
- 383rd Class2024/25
- 384th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2025/26): 17 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 375th Class2024/25
- 436th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 383rd Class2021/22
- 364th Class2022/23
- 455th Class2023/24
- 456th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +155th Class in 2023/24 (30 to 45)
- −92nd Class in 2021/22 (38 to 29)
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 Eoin 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
23.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes and a mild general learning disability class 3
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 22 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 4 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 Eoin Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Eoin NaofaThis school | – | 289 |
+11.2%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady of Mercy N S0.5 km · Sligo · DEIS | 0.5 km | 449 |
+8.7%
|
| 2 | Sligo Project School0.8 km · Sligo · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.8 km | 52 |
+116.7%
|
| 3 | Carbury National School0.9 km · Sligo · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 210 |
−10.3%
|
| 4 | S N Ursula1.1 km · Sligo | 1.1 km | 439 |
+8.7%
|
| 5 | St Brendans NS1.6 km · Sligo · DEIS | 1.6 km | 177 |
+47.5%
|
| 6 | St Edwards N S1.6 km · Sligo · DEIS | 1.6 km | 207 |
+11.9%
|
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
- Bernard Mulhern
- Phone
- 0719162537
- [email protected]
- Address
- Temple Street, Sligo, F91 FK20
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Sligo County Council
- Planning area
- Sligo
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 | 289 | 116 | 173 | 42 | 41 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 28 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | 263 | 102 | 161 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 27 | 37 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 256 | 104 | 152 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 226 | 93 | 133 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 30 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 239 | 106 | 133 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 242 | 96 | 146 | 33 | 24 | 26 | 38 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 246 | 102 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 256 | 113 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 264 | 116 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 260 | 112 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 260 | 108 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 254 | 96 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 255 | 85 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 233 | 81 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 228 | 78 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 203 | 61 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 200 | 56 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 176 | 38 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 162 | 31 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 164 | 23 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 157 | 20 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 156 | 8 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 151 | 10 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 146 | 9 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 151 | 7 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 149 | 6 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 152 | 6 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 161 | 6 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 161 | 5 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 196 | 0 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 266 | 2 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 311 | – | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 348 | 0 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |