The Billis National School
Glaslough · Roll number 20246U
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 16
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −67%
- Down 33 from 49 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 8 / 8
- 50% 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
16 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Senior Infants | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 1st Class | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2nd Class | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 3.0 |
| 3rd Class | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 1 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 1Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
3 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 3 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2023/24
- 3Senior Infants2024/25
- 31st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 1 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 1Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 12nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
0 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 0Junior Infants2021/22
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2020/21
- 1Senior Infants2021/22
- 11st Class2022/23
- 12nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 14th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 2Senior Infants2020/21
- 21st Class2021/22
- 22nd Class2022/23
- 23rd Class2023/24
- 24th Class2024/25
- 25th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
7 in 1st Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 71st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 73rd Class2022/23
- 74th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 76th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
4 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 42nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 36th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
3 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 33rd Class2020/21
- 34th Class2021/22
- 35th Class2022/23
- 36th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 45th Class2021/22
- 36th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 36th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +46th Class in 2025/26 (3 to 7)
- −51st Class in 2021/22 (7 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 The Billis National School, 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
2.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 2 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers10 hours of support teaching a week 0.4
1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.4 special education teachers and 1.83 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 The Billis National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Billis National SchoolThis school | – | 16 |
−67.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Bhrighde2.7 km · Tyholland | 2.7 km | 75 |
+41.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire2.7 km · Glaslough | 2.7 km | 86 |
−12.2%
|
| 3 | Corr A Chrainn National School3.1 km · Emyvale | 3.1 km | 202 |
−3.3%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ultain3.7 km · Muineacháin · Gaelscoil | 3.7 km | 373 |
+11.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil Phadraig5.3 km · Tyholland | 5.3 km | 23 |
−36.1%
|
| 6 | St Dympnas NS5.3 km · Tedavnet | 5.3 km | 124 |
+69.9%
|
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
- Laura mcAree
- Phone
- 04788245
- [email protected]
- Address
- Billis, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, H18 RR22
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Bishop of Clogher COI
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Monaghan County Council
- Planning area
- Monaghan
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 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 37 | 13 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 40 | 16 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 42 | 19 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 44 | 19 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 49 | 19 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 46 | 18 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 53 | 22 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 51 | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 49 | 24 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 45 | 24 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 38 | 17 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 34 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 32 | 17 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 31 | 15 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |