Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala
An Bealach Mór · Roll number 20224K
- Inter Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 49
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +48%
- Up 16 from 33 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 23 / 26
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2005
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
49 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 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 6.0 |
| Senior Infants | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 1st Class | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 2nd Class | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 3rd Class | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5.2 |
| 5th Class | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
3 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 3 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2024/25
- 3Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
4 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2023/24
- 4Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
2 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 3 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 2Junior Infants2022/23
- 3Senior Infants2023/24
- 31st Class2024/25
- 32nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 52nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 5Junior Infants2020/21
- 5Senior Infants2021/22
- 71st Class2022/23
- 82nd Class2023/24
- 83rd Class2024/25
- 84th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 5Senior Infants2020/21
- 51st Class2021/22
- 52nd Class2022/23
- 53rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 45th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
5 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 51st Class2020/21
- 52nd Class2021/22
- 53rd Class2022/23
- 54th Class2023/24
- 55th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
3 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 32nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 34th Class2022/23
- 25th Class2023/24
- 26th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
7 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 73rd Class2020/21
- 74th Class2021/22
- 75th Class2022/23
- 76th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 45th Class2021/22
- 46th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
2 in 5th Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 25th Class2020/21
- 26th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Junior Infants in 2025/26 (3 to 17)
- −66th Class in 2021/22 (8 to 2)
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 Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala, 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
6.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers30 hours of support teaching a week 1.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes 2
4.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 10 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 4.82 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 Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an Tsli DalaThis school | – | 49 |
+48.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Josephs National School4.7 km · Borrin-in-Ossory | 4.7 km | 95 |
−2.1%
|
| 2 | S N Iosef Naofa6.5 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 6.5 km | 299 |
−6.0%
|
| 3 | Roscrea N S No 26.7 km · Roscrea · Church of Ireland | 6.7 km | 31 |
−26.2%
|
| 4 | St Johns7.1 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 7.1 km | 163 |
−1.2%
|
| 5 | Sacred Heart Primary School7.1 km · Roscrea · DEIS | 7.1 km | 201 |
+52.3%
|
| 6 | S N Ros Com Rua7.9 km · Roscrea | 7.9 km | 21 |
−4.5%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Teresa Kennedy
- Phone
- 050541810
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Bealach Mór, Co. Laoise, R32 TN62
School
- Ethos
- Inter Denominational
- Patron
- Joint patronage between Bishop of Killaloe and the Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Rathdowney
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 46 | 24 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 39 | 22 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 39 | 22 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 37 | 23 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 33 | 21 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 36 | 24 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 37 | 22 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 33 | 19 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 30 | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 32 | 17 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 28 | 17 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 33 | 20 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 28 | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 10 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |