Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo
Durrow · Roll number 20065Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 192
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −1%
- Down 2 from 194 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 89 / 103
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1997
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
192 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 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 24.3 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 24.0 |
| 1st Class | 9 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 21.8 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 23.2 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 29 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 21.5 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 22.7 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 22.8 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 23.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 211st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 194th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
9 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 91st Class2020/21
- 92nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +13Senior Infants in 2023/24 (17 to 30)
- −212nd Class in 2021/22 (30 to 9)
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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo, 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.32 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 Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Ladys Meadow National SchooThis school | – | 192 |
−1.0%
|
|
| 1 | Naomh Pius X N S5.3 km · Portlaoise | 5.3 km | 49 |
+53.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa6.0 km · Rathdowney | 6.0 km | 108 |
−9.2%
|
| 3 | Lisdowney N S6.3 km · Ballyragget | 6.3 km | 96 |
+28.0%
|
| 4 | Ballinakill Mixed N S6.9 km · Portlaoise | 6.9 km | 98 |
+18.1%
|
| 5 | Ballyragget National School7.8 km · Ballyragget | 7.8 km | 163 | – |
| 6 | Abbeyleix STH N S7.8 km · Abbeyleix · Church of Ireland | 7.8 km | 84 |
−14.3%
|
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
- Helen Kelly
- Phone
- 0578736329
- [email protected]
- Address
- Durrow, Co. Laois, R32 FW18
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- 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
29 school years from 1997/98 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 192 | 89 | 103 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 196 | 93 | 103 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 97 | 104 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 184 | 84 | 100 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 185 | 89 | 96 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 193 | 98 | 95 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 180 | 91 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 189 | 94 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 196 | 92 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 188 | 93 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 194 | 90 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 197 | 96 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 193 | 91 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 183 | 87 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 176 | 85 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 172 | 86 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 170 | 88 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 168 | 83 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 151 | 78 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 141 | 72 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 133 | 70 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 133 | 69 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 126 | 67 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 117 | 63 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 127 | 60 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 122 | 56 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 126 | 56 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 122 | 59 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 129 | 64 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |