Abbey Primary School
Roscommon · Roll number 20573M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 427
- +9 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2023/24
- With 411 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 220 / 207
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2023
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2023/24.
This year, 2025/26
427 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.
| 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 46 | 42 | 49 | 45.7 |
| Senior Infants | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47.7 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 48 | 52 | 50.3 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 53 | 54 | 52.7 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 52 | 57 | 54.3 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 56 | 54 | 54.7 |
| 5th Class | 49 | 57 | 57 | 54.3 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 52 | 57 | 53.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 47 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 47Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 48Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Senior Infants (2023/24), 54 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 48Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 542nd Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2023/24
51 in 1st Class (2023/24), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 511st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 573rd Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2023/24
51 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
54 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 57 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 575th Class2025/26
In 4th Class in 2023/24
54 in 4th Class (2023/24), 57 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 544th Class2023/24
- 575th Class2024/25
- 576th Class2025/26
In 5th Class in 2023/24
49 in 5th Class (2023/24), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 495th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +85th Class in 2024/25 (49 to 57)
- −4Junior Infants in 2024/25 (46 to 42)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2023/24 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, 2023/24 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Abbey Primary School, 2023/24 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
24.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers140 hours of support teaching a week 5.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 9 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2023/24
Teachers each school year, by role
From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. 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 Abbey Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Primary SchoolThis school | – | 427 | – | |
| 1 | S N Paroisteach0.3 km · Boyle · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 24 |
+9.1%
|
| 2 | Grange N S4.2 km · Boyle | 4.2 km | 32 |
+6.7%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Treasa6.4 km · Boyle | 6.4 km | 89 |
−14.4%
|
| 4 | S N Ronain Naofa7.7 km · Via Boyle · DEIS | 7.7 km | 37 |
+27.6%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Eoin7.9 km · Boyle | 7.9 km | 47 |
+20.5%
|
| 6 | Naomh Atrachta8.4 km · Mainistir Na Buille | 8.4 km | 36 |
−12.2%
|
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
- Michael Solan
- Phone
- 0719662737
- [email protected]
- Address
- Boyle, Boyle, Roscommon, F52 KT52
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- 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
- Roscommon County Council
- Planning area
- Boyle
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
3 school years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2023/24.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 427 | 220 | 207 | 49 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 57 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 418 | 208 | 210 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 411 | 209 | 202 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 52 |