Castletown N.S
Castletown · Roll number 20169F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 111
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −27%
- Down 41 from 152 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 62 / 49
- 56% girls
Pupils since 2002
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
111 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 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11.3 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 1st Class | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 13.0 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13.3 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 14.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
8 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 11 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 111st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 16 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 121st Class2023/24
- 132nd Class2024/25
- 163rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2020/21
- 11Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 142nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 121st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 165th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
11 in 1st Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 111st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 135th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 164th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 186th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +65th Class in 2025/26 (10 to 16)
- −8Junior Infants in 2023/24 (16 to 8)
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 Castletown 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
10.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6 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 Castletown N.S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletown N.SThis school | – | 111 |
−27.0%
|
|
| 1 | St Fintans N S2.6 km · Mountrath · Boys · DEIS | 2.6 km | 108 |
+36.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhride2.8 km · Mountrath · Girls · DEIS | 2.8 km | 95 |
−7.8%
|
| 3 | Cluain Eidhneach N S3.2 km · Mountrath · Church of Ireland | 3.2 km | 89 |
+18.7%
|
| 4 | Trummera N S4.3 km · Maighean Rátha · Gaelscoil | 4.3 km | 34 |
−15.0%
|
| 5 | Rushall N S4.8 km · Mountrath | 4.8 km | 30 |
−9.1%
|
| 6 | Paddock N S5.2 km · Mountrath | 5.2 km | 80 |
+6.7%
|
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
- Ms Jemma Lynch
- Phone
- 0578732307
- [email protected]
- Address
- Elderfield Building, Castletown, Co. Laois, R32 VX78
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
- Mountrath
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
24 school years from 2002/03 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 111 | 62 | 49 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 113 | 63 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 115 | 59 | 56 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 124 | 64 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 114 | 60 | 54 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 113 | 59 | 54 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 120 | 66 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 120 | 65 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 136 | 72 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 149 | 73 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 152 | 77 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 155 | 85 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 146 | 73 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 151 | 78 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 132 | 66 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 126 | 64 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 128 | 71 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 120 | 69 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 103 | 57 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 104 | 56 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 88 | 50 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 91 | 51 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 91 | 52 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 79 | 45 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |