Carlow Educate Together NS
Carlow · Roll number 20295K
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 389
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +61%
- Up 148 from 241 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 192 / 197
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2008
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
389 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 | 52 | 61 | 45 | 44 | 49 | 40 | 48.5 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 54 | 58 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 50.2 |
| 1st Class | 55 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 48 | 45 | 51.5 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 52 | 53.7 |
| 3rd Class | 50 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 52.2 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 50 | 53 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 50.0 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 48.5 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 33 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 45.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
49 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 44 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2024/25
- 44Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 48Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
61 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 55 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 61Junior Infants2021/22
- 58Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 552nd Class2024/25
- 553rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 54Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 494th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 521st Class2021/22
- 532nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 515th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
55 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 551st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 523rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 546th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
50 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 503rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 496th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 336th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +166th Class in 2022/23 (33 to 49)
- −16Junior Infants in 2022/23 (61 to 45)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2008/09 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, 2008/09 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Carlow Educate Together NS, 2008/09 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
26.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers187.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
12.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 14.15 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2008/09
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 Carlow Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow Educate Together NSThis school | – | 389 |
+61.4%
|
|
| 1 | Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys SNR SCH1.6 km · Station Road · Boys · DEIS | 1.6 km | 165 |
−37.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa1.8 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 1.8 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
| 3 | S N Muire gan Smal1.9 km · Carlow · Girls · DEIS | 1.9 km | 345 |
−21.1%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Fhiach2.3 km · Graiguecullen · DEIS | 2.3 km | 570 |
+7.8%
|
| 5 | Holy Family National School2.3 km · Carlow · DEIS | 2.3 km | 592 | – |
| 6 | Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc3.0 km · Ceatharlach · Gaelscoil | 3.0 km | 444 |
−7.3%
|
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
- Simon Lewis
- Phone
- 0599137541
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bestfield, Athy Road, Carlow, R93 TW74
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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
18 school years from 2008/09 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 389 | 192 | 197 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 406 | 208 | 198 | 49 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 413 | 207 | 206 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 421 | 202 | 219 | 45 | 58 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 413 | 193 | 220 | 61 | 54 | 52 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 33 |
| 2020/21 | 386 | 184 | 202 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 46 | 36 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 361 | 174 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 338 | 164 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 312 | 153 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 288 | 135 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 241 | 115 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 221 | 106 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 176 | 77 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 153 | 67 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 125 | 60 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 96 | 43 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 62 | 26 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 25 | 16 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |