Ardagh National School
Ballina · Roll number 20576S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 73
- −7 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2023/24
- With 76 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 46 / 27
- 63% girls
Pupils since 2023
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2023/24.
This year, 2025/26
73 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 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7.7 |
| 1st Class | 13 | 7 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 2nd Class | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9.7 |
| 3rd Class | 12 | 8 | 14 | 11.3 |
| 4th Class | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 5th Class | 16 | 7 | 12 | 11.7 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 16 | 7 | 10.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
6 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 6Junior Infants2023/24
- 7Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2023/24
7 in Senior Infants (2023/24), 7 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 7Senior Infants2023/24
- 71st Class2024/25
- 72nd Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2023/24
13 in 1st Class (2023/24), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 131st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2023/24
8 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 9 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 82nd Class2023/24
- 83rd Class2024/25
- 94th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
12 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 12 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 125th Class2025/26
In 4th Class in 2023/24
6 in 4th Class (2023/24), 7 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 64th Class2023/24
- 75th Class2024/25
- 76th Class2025/26
In 5th Class in 2023/24
16 in 5th Class (2023/24), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 165th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +86th Class in 2024/25 (8 to 16)
- −95th Class in 2024/25 (16 to 7)
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 Ardagh National 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
5.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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. 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 Ardagh National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardagh National SchoolThis school | – | 73 | – | |
| 1 | Knockanillo N S2.6 km · Ballina · DEIS | 2.6 km | 28 |
−34.9%
|
| 2 | Garracloon N S3.6 km · Ballina · DEIS | 3.6 km | 25 |
−32.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Íosa4.6 km · Ballina · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 4.6 km | 242 |
+21.0%
|
| 4 | Cullens N S4.7 km · Ballina · DEIS | 4.7 km | 273 |
+0.4%
|
| 5 | Cooneal N.S.4.9 km · Ballina | 4.9 km | 58 |
−45.3%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol5.1 km · Béal an Átha · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 5.1 km | 141 |
+30.6%
|
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
- Farnan Harte
- Phone
- 09671559
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballymanagh, Knockanillaun, Ardagh, Ballina, F26 DK19
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killala
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Planning area
- Ballina
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 | 73 | 46 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 80 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 76 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 8 |