Gaelscoil An Choillín
An Muileann gCearr · Roll number 20238V
- Inter Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 154
- +9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +62%
- Up 59 from 95 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 74 / 80
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2006
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
154 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 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 24 | 22.5 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 20.2 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 17.3 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 14.0 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11.0 |
| 4th Class | 8 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 10.0 |
| 5th Class | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 9.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 14Senior Infants2022/23
- 121st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 143rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Senior Infants2020/21
- 71st Class2021/22
- 82nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 84th Class2024/25
- 85th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 94th Class2023/24
- 85th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 154th Class2022/23
- 135th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 54th Class2021/22
- 55th Class2022/23
- 66th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
8 in 4th Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 84th Class2020/21
- 85th Class2021/22
- 86th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
9 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 95th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +172nd Class in 2025/26 (11 to 28)
- −9Junior Infants in 2024/25 (30 to 21)
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 Choillín, 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
10.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers47.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
4.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 4.17 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 Choillín, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil An ChoillínThis school | – | 154 |
+62.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N na Naomh Uile0.8 km · Mullingar · Church of Ireland | 0.8 km | 86 |
−14.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil na mBraithre1.0 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 1.0 km | 409 |
+21.4%
|
| 3 | Presentation Convent (JNR)1.2 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 1.2 km | 277 |
−27.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire1.2 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 1.2 km | 307 |
+12.0%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn1.5 km · An Muileann gCearr · Gaelscoil | 1.5 km | 179 |
−31.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Cholmain Naofa1.6 km · Mullingar · DEIS | 1.6 km | 445 |
−6.1%
|
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
- Lorraine Ní Sceallaigh
- Phone
- 0449330443
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóthar na Lainne, An Muileann gCearr, Co. na hIarmhí, N91 W6RP
School
- Ethos
- Inter Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- 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
- Westmeath County Council
- Planning area
- Mullingar
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
20 school years from 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 154 | 74 | 80 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 69 | 76 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 126 | 63 | 63 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 102 | 54 | 48 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 87 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 73 | 36 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 86 | 48 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 86 | 46 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 86 | 45 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 100 | 55 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 126 | 67 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 125 | 66 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 106 | 53 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 83 | 41 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 67 | 33 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 48 | 25 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |