Gaelscoil na Laochra
Birr · Roll number 20461B
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 45
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +114%
- Up 24 from 21 in 2015/16. Opened in 2015/16, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 26 / 19
- 58% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
45 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 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4.8 |
| Senior Infants | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 1st Class | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2nd Class | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4.8 |
| 4th Class | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.0 |
| 6th Class | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
3 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 5 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2023/24
- 3Senior Infants2024/25
- 51st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
3 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 2 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 3Junior Infants2022/23
- 3Senior Infants2023/24
- 21st Class2024/25
- 22nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 7 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 6Senior Infants2022/23
- 71st Class2023/24
- 62nd Class2024/25
- 73rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 41st Class2022/23
- 42nd Class2023/24
- 43rd Class2024/25
- 44th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 2Senior Infants2020/21
- 21st Class2021/22
- 32nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 55th 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
- 73rd Class2022/23
- 74th Class2023/24
- 55th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
2 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 22nd Class2020/21
- 23rd Class2021/22
- 24th Class2022/23
- 25th Class2023/24
- 26th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 44th Class2021/22
- 45th Class2022/23
- 46th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
6 in 4th Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 64th Class2020/21
- 55th Class2021/22
- 66th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 26th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +6Senior Infants in 2025/26 (3 to 9)
- −51st Class in 2021/22 (7 to 2)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil na Laochra, 2015/16 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
4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 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 teachers25 hours of support teaching a week 1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Gaelscoil na Laochra, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil na LaochraThis school | – | 45 |
+114.3%
|
|
| 1 | S N Osmann0.6 km · Birr · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.6 km | 86 |
−1.1%
|
| 2 | Mercy Primary School1.4 km · Birr · Girls · DEIS | 1.4 km | 141 |
−18.5%
|
| 3 | St Brendans Monastery1.6 km · Birr · Boys · DEIS | 1.6 km | 178 |
−18.7%
|
| 4 | S N an Cillin2.7 km · Birr · DEIS | 2.7 km | 140 |
+32.1%
|
| 5 | Croinchoill N S2.9 km · Birr · DEIS | 2.9 km | 243 |
+19.1%
|
| 6 | Carrig N S6.3 km · Birr | 6.3 km | 60 |
−21.1%
|
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
- Niamh Uí Chléirigh
- Phone
- 0579123876
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tullamore Road, Birr, R42 DX43
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Birr
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 35 | 21 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 34 | 21 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 37 | 19 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 31 | 15 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 21 | 9 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |