Blessington Educate Together NS
Blessington · Roll number 20242M
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 95
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +206%
- Up 64 from 31 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 46 / 49
- 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
95 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 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11.3 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 11.8 |
| 1st Class | 5 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12.3 |
| 2nd Class | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 11.8 |
| 3rd Class | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10.3 |
| 4th Class | 6 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9.0 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 6th Class | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
10 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 10Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2020/21
- 12Senior Infants2021/22
- 111st Class2022/23
- 102nd Class2023/24
- 113rd Class2024/25
- 114th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 7Senior Infants2020/21
- 101st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 105th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
5 in 1st Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 51st Class2020/21
- 62nd Class2021/22
- 53rd Class2022/23
- 54th Class2023/24
- 85th Class2024/25
- 66th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
7 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 72nd Class2020/21
- 63rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 105th Class2023/24
- 96th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
11 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 113rd Class2020/21
- 124th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 136th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
6 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 64th Class2020/21
- 65th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 56th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +102nd Class in 2024/25 (10 to 20)
- −64th Class in 2023/24 (11 to 5)
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 Blessington Educate Together NS, 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
7.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers20 hours of support teaching a week 0.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 0.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.5 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 Blessington Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington Educate Together NSThis school | – | 95 |
+206.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N Muire1.7 km · Blessington | 1.7 km | 235 |
−33.0%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire Senior School1.7 km · Blessington | 1.7 km | 296 |
+3.5%
|
| 3 | Blessington 1 N S2.4 km · Blessington · Church of Ireland | 2.4 km | 195 |
+18.2%
|
| 4 | Kilbride N S3.4 km · Blessington | 3.4 km | 97 |
−19.2%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Lochanna3.6 km · Baile Coimín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 3.6 km | 151 |
−25.2%
|
| 6 | Lacken MXD N S4.6 km · Blessington | 4.6 km | 91 |
−4.2%
|
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
- Anita Collings
- Phone
- 045865281
- [email protected]
- Address
- Red Lane, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 DK23
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Blessington
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 | 95 | 46 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 96 | 46 | 50 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 96 | 42 | 54 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | 90 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 74 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 53 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 53 | 22 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 56 | 27 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 55 | 30 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 44 | 23 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 31 | 16 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 23 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 22 | 8 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 33 | 13 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 43 | 16 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 37 | 12 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 62 | 30 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 50 | 29 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 43 | 29 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 40 | 23 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |