Gaelscoil na Lochanna
Baile Coimín · Roll number 20243O
- Inter Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 151
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 51 from 202 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 70 / 81
- 46% 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
151 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 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 16.8 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 18.3 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 20.7 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 21.0 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 20.7 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 21.0 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 21.3 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 20.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
13 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
20 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
16 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 15 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2021/22
- 16Senior Infants2022/23
- 151st Class2023/24
- 152nd Class2024/25
- 153rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils fewer.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 203rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +86th Class in 2025/26 (14 to 22)
- −113rd Class in 2024/25 (26 to 15)
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 na Lochanna, 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
8.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers40 hours of support teaching a week 1.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.16 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 na Lochanna, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil na LochannaThis school | – | 151 |
−25.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Muire1.9 km · Blessington | 1.9 km | 235 |
−33.0%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire Senior School2.0 km · Blessington | 2.0 km | 296 |
+3.5%
|
| 3 | Blessington 1 N S2.1 km · Blessington · Church of Ireland | 2.1 km | 195 |
+18.2%
|
| 4 | Blessington Educate Together NS3.6 km · Blessington · Multi-denominational | 3.6 km | 95 |
+206.5%
|
| 5 | Lacken MXD N S4.8 km · Blessington | 4.8 km | 91 |
−4.2%
|
| 6 | S N Rath Mor5.1 km · Naas | 5.1 km | 308 |
+18.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Seán Ó Cearnaigh
- Phone
- 045900525
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cill Moloma, Baile Coimín, Co. Chill Mhantáin, W91 A403
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
- 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 | 151 | 70 | 81 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 144 | 71 | 73 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 79 | 73 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 163 | 86 | 77 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 169 | 96 | 73 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 184 | 102 | 82 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 198 | 115 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 216 | 123 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 215 | 127 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 124 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 202 | 117 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 189 | 111 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 167 | 90 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 154 | 84 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 126 | 67 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 100 | 53 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 69 | 38 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 36 | 15 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |