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School patron in Laois

Educate Together

Schools in County Laois under this patron.

Other patrons in Laois Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin · 40 Bishop of Ossory · 13 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 1 Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI · 3 Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI · 2 Archbishop of Dublin · 1 Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI · 1 Joint patronage between Bishop of Killaloe and the Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI · 1
Schools
1
of 63 in Laois
Pupils
457
4% of Laois's pupils
Average school size
457.0
Laois: 171.7
Average class size
23.42
Laois: 21.65

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 457 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
23.42
Mainstream classes
19
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in this 1 mainstream primary school here, 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
19
Up 17 since 2010/11, while pupils rose 1072%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 32
Estimate: 19 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 10 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
22
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 0
1 school gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2010/11

One for each mainstream class, every school year

What parents would prefer

106 of the 339 households with children at this 1 school here answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey, November–December 2025. These are preferences, not applications.

About these figures
The Department's own results: Interactive mapSummary report with county figures (PDF)
Prefer a multi-denominational patron
77%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
Prefer teaching through Irish
8%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
Prefer single-sex
2%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%
  • 1 school where half or more of parents would prefer a multi-denominational patron
  • 0 schools where a quarter or more would prefer teaching through Irish

Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Figures here add up the parents at each school with its own results.

Schools

1 school, largest first.

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Roll number
Portlaoise Educate Together NSPortlaoise 20347D 457 – – 19 23.42 27 0