St. Cynoc's National School
Ferbane · Roll number 20289P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 189
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 8 from 197 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 79 / 110
- 42% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
189 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 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 19.3 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 21.8 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 23.3 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 23.2 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 23.7 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 20 | 22.3 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 24 | 25.2 |
| 6th Class | 32 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 26.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 21Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 312nd Class2021/22
- 313rd Class2022/23
- 314th Class2023/24
- 335th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 165th Class2021/22
- 166th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +123rd Class in 2022/23 (19 to 31)
- −165th Class in 2021/22 (32 to 16)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. Cynoc's National School, 2007/08 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
14.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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. 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 St. Cynoc's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Cynoc's National SchoolThis school | – | 189 |
−4.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Callin4.6 km · Ballinahowen | 4.6 km | 69 |
+7.8%
|
| 2 | High St Mixed N S6.2 km · Belmont | 6.2 km | 73 |
+9.0%
|
| 3 | S N Lomchluana6.2 km · Birr | 6.2 km | 33 |
−31.2%
|
| 4 | St Marys National School6.4 km · Birr · DEIS | 6.4 km | 93 |
+4.5%
|
| 5 | S N Muire Naofa7.9 km · Pullough · DEIS | 7.9 km | 64 |
−31.9%
|
| 6 | Ballinahown NS8.7 km · Athlone | 8.7 km | 96 |
+33.3%
|
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
- Helena Kelly
- Phone
- 0906454249
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly, R42 P803
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Ferbane
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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 189 | 79 | 110 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 189 | 78 | 111 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 192 | 87 | 105 | 24 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 83 | 99 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 23 | 16 |
| 2021/22 | 187 | 89 | 98 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 194 | 93 | 101 | 16 | 25 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| 2019/20 | 197 | 92 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 203 | 101 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 198 | 97 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 205 | 101 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 197 | 97 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 205 | 99 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 202 | 91 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 205 | 88 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 220 | 99 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 213 | 98 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 201 | 101 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 195 | 101 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 195 | 101 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |