School patron in Sligo

Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI

Schools in County Sligo under this patron.

Schools
1
of 62 in Sligo
Pupils
30
0% of Sligo's pupils
Average school size
30.0
Sligo: 121.4
Average class size
15.00
Sligo: 21.56

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

1 school with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 0

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
15.00
Mainstream classes
2
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in this 1 mainstream primary school here, 2006/07 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
2
No change since 2006/07, while pupils rose 100%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 3
Estimate: 2 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 1 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
2
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 0
0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

What parents would prefer

15 of the 21 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
Prefer a multi-denominational patron
60%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
Prefer teaching through Irish
33%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
Prefer single-sex
0%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%
  • 1 school where half or more of parents would prefer a multi-denominational patron
  • 1 school 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.

Change over

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Roll number
Taunagh National SchoolRiverstown 13196R 30
+20.0%
+150.0%
2 15.00 16 0