Scoil Chlann Naofa
Ballinamore · Roll number 20483L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 237
- +3 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2016/17
- With 148 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 115 / 122
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
237 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 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 28.0 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 26.5 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 27.8 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 29 | 25 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 26.0 |
| 5th Class | 19 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 24.5 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 24.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 29Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 343rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 275th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 216th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
19 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 195th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +103rd Class in 2021/22 (19 to 29)
- −72nd Class in 2021/22 (30 to 23)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2016/17 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, 2016/17 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Chlann Naofa, 2016/17 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
14.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers107.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.3
3.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.49 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2016/17
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Scoil Chlann Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chlann NaofaThis school | – | 237 | – | |
| 1 | Achadh na Sileann4.1 km · Ballinamore · DEIS | 4.1 km | 47 |
−29.9%
|
| 2 | Naomh Caillin4.2 km · Fenagh | 4.2 km | 115 |
+6.5%
|
| 3 | Aughawillan NS5.2 km · Garadice | 5.2 km | 30 |
+7.1%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Mhuire6.4 km · via Cavan · DEIS | 6.4 km | 35 |
−16.7%
|
| 5 | St Patrick's NS8.3 km · C/O Belturbet Post Office · DEIS | 8.3 km | 47 |
+38.2%
|
| 6 | Newtowngore N S8.4 km · Newtowngore · Church of Ireland | 8.4 km | 30 |
+3.4%
|
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
- Caitriona McManus
- Phone
- 0719645001
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, N41 E009
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kilmore
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Leitrim County Council
- Planning area
- Ballinamore
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
10 school years from 2016/17 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 237 | 115 | 122 | 35 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 234 | 122 | 112 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 115 | 106 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 26 | 28 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 103 | 104 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | 182 | 95 | 87 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 181 | 97 | 84 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 148 | 76 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 161 | 87 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 148 | 76 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |