Portlaoise Educate Together NS
Portlaoise · Roll number 20347D
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 457
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +29%
- Up 103 from 354 in 2015/16. Opened in 2010/11, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 216 / 241
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2010
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
457 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 | 44 | 51 | 41 | 70 | 64 | 51 | 53.5 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 43 | 48 | 47 | 79 | 60 | 55.2 |
| 1st Class | 56 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 53 | 79 | 55.5 |
| 2nd Class | 45 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 50.7 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 51.5 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 52.2 |
| 5th Class | 53 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 51.7 |
| 6th Class | 47 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 50.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
64 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 60 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 64Junior Infants2024/25
- 60Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
70 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 79 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 70Junior Infants2023/24
- 79Senior Infants2024/25
- 791st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 531st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 501st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 43Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
56 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 561st Class2020/21
- 522nd Class2021/22
- 503rd Class2022/23
- 494th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
45 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 452nd Class2020/21
- 493rd Class2021/22
- 504th Class2022/23
- 495th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 515th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
53 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 535th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +32Senior Infants in 2024/25 (47 to 79)
- −19Senior Infants in 2025/26 (79 to 60)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2010/11 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, 2010/11 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Portlaoise Educate Together NS, 2010/11 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
32.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers255 hours of support teaching a week 10.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
13.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 13.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2010/11
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 Portlaoise Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaoise Educate Together NSThis school | – | 457 |
+29.1%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Phort Laoise0.1 km · Portlaoise · Gaelscoil | 0.1 km | 369 |
+24.2%
|
| 2 | Maryboro N S0.2 km · Portlaoise · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 96 |
−1.0%
|
| 3 | Holy Family Junior School0.5 km · Portlaoise | 0.5 km | 599 | – |
| 4 | Holy Family Senior School0.5 km · Portlaoise | 0.5 km | 644 | – |
| 5 | Scoil Bhride NS2.2 km · Portlaoise · DEIS | 2.2 km | 727 |
−3.8%
|
| 6 | Fraoch Mor N S5.0 km · Laois | 5.0 km | 212 |
−6.6%
|
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
- Darach Kennedy
- Phone
- 0578664823
- [email protected]
- Address
- Summerhill Downs, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 HX45
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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Portlaoise
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
16 school years from 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 457 | 216 | 241 | 51 | 60 | 79 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 464 | 209 | 255 | 64 | 79 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 420 | 198 | 222 | 70 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 386 | 179 | 207 | 41 | 48 | 45 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 402 | 190 | 212 | 51 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 49 | 53 | 51 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 415 | 191 | 224 | 44 | 54 | 56 | 45 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 47 |
| 2019/20 | 413 | 189 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 421 | 188 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 393 | 170 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 390 | 178 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 354 | 153 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 328 | 143 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 266 | 119 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 192 | 88 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 113 | 54 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 39 | 17 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |