Our Lady's National School
Tourlestrane · Roll number 20385L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 40
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 8 from 48 in 2015/16. Opened in 2011/12, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 21 / 19
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2011
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
40 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 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Senior Infants | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.7 |
| 1st Class | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2nd Class | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5.8 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5.0 |
| 4th Class | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5.0 |
| 5th Class | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 6th Class | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 7 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 7Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
2 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 2Junior Infants2023/24
- 2Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
4 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 4Junior Infants2022/23
- 4Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
2 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 3 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 2Junior Infants2021/22
- 2Senior Infants2022/23
- 31st Class2023/24
- 32nd Class2024/25
- 33rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 6Junior Infants2020/21
- 6Senior Infants2021/22
- 61st Class2022/23
- 72nd Class2023/24
- 63rd Class2024/25
- 74th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Senior Infants2020/21
- 01st Class2021/22
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 13rd Class2023/24
- 14th Class2024/25
- 15th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
7 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 71st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 63rd Class2022/23
- 64th Class2023/24
- 55th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
9 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 92nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 34th Class2021/22
- 35th Class2022/23
- 36th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
2 in 4th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 24th Class2020/21
- 25th Class2021/22
- 36th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
7 in 5th Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 75th Class2020/21
- 76th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +95th Class in 2023/24 (3 to 12)
- −71st Class in 2021/22 (7 to 0)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2011/12 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, 2011/12 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Our Lady's National School, 2011/12 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
8.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers27.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.1
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
7.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher, 3 special class teachers and 7.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2011/12
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 Our Lady's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady's National SchoolThis school | – | 40 |
−16.7%
|
|
| 1 | Castlerock N S3.5 km · Aclare · DEIS | 3.5 km | 31 |
−32.6%
|
| 2 | S N Muire gan Smal4.1 km · Tubbercurry | 4.1 km | 103 |
+35.5%
|
| 3 | SN Muire gan Smal5.5 km · Curry | 5.5 km | 76 |
−14.6%
|
| 4 | Holy Family School7.1 km · Tubbercurry · DEIS | 7.1 km | 192 |
+1.6%
|
| 5 | Cloonacool N S7.4 km · Tubbercurry | 7.4 km | 103 |
+3.0%
|
| 6 | Moylough N S8.4 km · Tubbercurry | 8.4 km | 100 |
−8.3%
|
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
- Lorcan Brennan
- Phone
- 0719181219
- [email protected]
- Address
- Banada, Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, F91 K09R
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Achonry
- 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
- Sligo County Council
- Planning area
- Banada–Tubbercurry
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
15 school years from 2011/12 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 48 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019/20 | 44 | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 53 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 49 | 22 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 49 | 21 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 48 | 20 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 39 | 14 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 40 | 16 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 42 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 47 | 16 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |