Scoil Mhichil Naofa
Johnstown · Roll number 17758H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 14
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −52%
- Down 15 from 29 in 2015/16
- 2 classes in 2015/16, 2 now; average class 14.5 → 7.0
- Over 20 years: −42% from 24 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 8 / 6
- 57% 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
14 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 | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Senior Infants | 4 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 1st Class | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3.0 |
| 2nd Class | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 2.8 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | – | 0 | 3.0 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
1 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 1 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2024/25
- 1Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
3 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 3 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2023/24
- 3Senior Infants2024/25
- 31st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
0 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 0Junior Infants2022/23
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1Junior Infants2020/21
- 1Senior Infants2021/22
- 11st Class2022/23
- 12nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 3 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Senior Infants2020/21
- 41st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 34th Class2024/25
- 35th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
4 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 41st Class2020/21
- 42nd Class2021/22
- 43rd Class2022/23
- 44th Class2023/24
- 45th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
5 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 52nd Class2020/21
- 53rd Class2021/22
- 54th Class2022/23
- 55th Class2023/24
- 56th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 24th Class2021/22
- 25th Class2022/23
- 26th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 55th Class2021/22
- 46th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 36th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +33rd Class in 2021/22 (2 to 5)
- −3Senior Infants in 2021/22 (4 to 1)
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 Mhichil 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
2.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers17.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.7
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.6 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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. 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 Scoil Mhichil Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhichil NaofaThis school | – | 14 |
−51.7%
|
|
| 1 | S N Mhichil Naofa2.9 km · Galmoy (via Thurles) | 2.9 km | 62 |
0.0%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Chiarain3.5 km · Johnstown · DEIS | 3.5 km | 90 |
+8.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa6.0 km · via Thurles · DEIS | 6.0 km | 223 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | S N Chrion Choill8.3 km · via Thurles | 8.3 km | 28 |
+12.0%
|
| 5 | Templetuohy N S8.6 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.6 km | 77 |
+67.4%
|
| 6 | S N na Maighne8.8 km · Thurles | 8.8 km | 65 |
−33.7%
|
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.
Too few parents answered for the Department to publish this school's results (13 households were asked). Their answers still count in the Johnstown planning area's figures, below.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown planning area · children at school | 38% | 13% | 0% |
| Johnstown planning area · children not yet at school | 39% | 24% | 0% |
| 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
- Henry Martin
- Phone
- 0568831753
- [email protected]
- Address
- Crosspatrick (via Thurles), Johnstown, E41 EK57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Johnstown
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
43 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 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 24 | 13 | 11 | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 32 | 17 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 28 | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 22 | 9 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 23 | 6 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 29 | 8 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 28 | 8 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 28 | 11 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 25 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 27 | 11 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 30 | 12 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 27 | 13 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 25 | 14 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 23 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 24 | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 24 | 13 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 32 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 32 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 36 | 22 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 34 | 20 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 43 | 26 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 45 | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 48 | 26 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 49 | 28 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 48 | 26 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 45 | 26 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 46 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 46 | 26 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 52 | 20 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 57 | 21 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 54 | 20 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 49 | 19 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 49 | 17 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 49 | 16 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 48 | 15 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 50 | 16 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 41 | 11 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |