Scoil Chomhgain Naofa
Carlow · Roll number 17617M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 380
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +10%
- Up 33 from 347 in 2015/16
- 12 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 28.9 → 23.1
- Over 20 years: +76% from 216 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 178 / 202
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
380 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 | 41 | 40 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 43.8 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 40 | 42 | 51 | 46 | 46 | 46.5 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 54 | 39 | 41 | 52 | 48 | 47.5 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 51 | 54 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 48.8 |
| 3rd Class | 51 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 44 | 42 | 49.7 |
| 4th Class | 49 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 44 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 46 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 50.7 |
| 6th Class | 41 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 49.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
52 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 52Junior Infants2022/23
- 51Senior Infants2023/24
- 521st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
40 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 42 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 422nd Class2024/25
- 423rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
41 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2020/21
- 40Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 553rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
51 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 512nd Class2020/21
- 533rd Class2021/22
- 524th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 513rd Class2020/21
- 514th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
49 in 4th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 494th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 506th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
46 in 5th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 465th Class2020/21
- 466th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Junior Infants in 2022/23 (40 to 52)
- −151st Class in 2022/23 (54 to 39)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Chomhgain Naofa, 2006/07 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
24.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers132.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 10 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. 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. 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 Chomhgain Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chomhgain NaofaThis school | – | 380 |
+9.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Fhiach3.6 km · Graiguecullen · DEIS | 3.6 km | 570 |
+7.8%
|
| 2 | Carlow Educate Together NS4.4 km · Carlow · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 4.4 km | 389 |
+61.4%
|
| 3 | Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys SNR SCH4.8 km · Station Road · Boys · DEIS | 4.8 km | 165 |
−37.3%
|
| 4 | Ardlios N S4.8 km · Ballickmoyler · DEIS | 4.8 km | 50 |
−26.5%
|
| 5 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa4.9 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 4.9 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
| 6 | S N Ceatharlach4.9 km · Carlow · Church of Ireland | 4.9 km | 137 |
+3.8%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 113 of 279 households answered (40%). The true figures are likely within 7.6 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 58 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 7.6 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 21% | 14% | 0% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 21% | 21% | 0% |
| Carlow planning area · children at school | 36% | 23% | 7% |
| Carlow planning area · children not yet at school | 45% | 27% | 6% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Nicola McGuill
- Phone
- 0599147852
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killeshin, Carlow, Co. Laois, R93 XF53
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 380 | 178 | 202 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 53 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 387 | 185 | 202 | 44 | 46 | 52 | 42 | 44 | 54 | 52 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 389 | 195 | 194 | 44 | 51 | 41 | 42 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 394 | 203 | 191 | 52 | 42 | 39 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 50 |
| 2021/22 | 384 | 201 | 183 | 40 | 40 | 54 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | 384 | 208 | 176 | 41 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 46 | 41 |
| 2019/20 | 398 | 204 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 380 | 191 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 372 | 189 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 362 | 185 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 347 | 169 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 332 | 161 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 326 | 153 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 314 | 149 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 297 | 142 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 296 | 142 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 296 | 142 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 281 | 138 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 259 | 128 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 241 | 116 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 216 | 100 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 211 | 92 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 209 | 94 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 195 | 86 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 196 | 94 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 195 | 94 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 185 | 93 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 180 | 93 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 183 | 98 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 180 | 99 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 173 | 97 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 172 | 90 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 167 | 83 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 126 | 60 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 124 | 61 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 120 | 55 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 118 | 53 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 113 | 46 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 119 | 48 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 120 | 53 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 101 | 42 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |