St Emer's National School
Templemichael · Roll number 19753H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 215 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 11 now; average class 26.9 → 19.6
- Over 20 years: −9% from 236 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 120
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
215 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 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 24.8 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 27.2 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 27.2 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 28.2 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 27.7 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 27.2 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 27.2 |
| 6th Class | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
28 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 291st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +10Senior Infants in 2022/23 (21 to 31)
- −91st Class in 2022/23 (29 to 20)
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 St Emer's National School, 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
16.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
3.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers and 3.83 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 St Emer's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Emer's National SchoolThis school | – | 215 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Micheal1.0 km · Longford · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 224 |
+28.7%
|
| 2 | St Josephs Convent1.1 km · Longford Town · DEIS | 1.1 km | 527 |
+19.0%
|
| 3 | St. Johns National School1.3 km · Longford · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 1.3 km | 67 |
+15.5%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil an Longfoirt2.2 km · An Longfort · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 2.2 km | 112 |
−40.1%
|
| 5 | S N Cnoc an Mharcaigh3.5 km · Longford | 3.5 km | 289 |
+7.8%
|
| 6 | Stonepark N S4.8 km · Stonepark · DEIS | 4.8 km | 239 |
−1.6%
|
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: 42 of 155 households answered (27%). The true figures are likely within 12.3 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 12.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 38% | 5% | 10% |
| Longford–Newtownforbes planning area · children at school | 30% | 12% | 4% |
| Longford–Newtownforbes planning area · children not yet at school | 33% | 15% | 5% |
| 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
- Martina McCormack
- Phone
- 0433341188
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Emers, Templemichael, Co Longford, N39 ND29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- 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
- Longford County Council
- Planning area
- Longford–Newtownforbes
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 215 | 95 | 120 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 219 | 98 | 121 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 95 | 125 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 217 | 96 | 121 | 28 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 212 | 97 | 115 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 93 | 115 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| 2019/20 | 214 | 94 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 222 | 97 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 212 | 97 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 216 | 96 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 224 | 103 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 213 | 96 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 224 | 102 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 221 | 104 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 216 | 102 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 218 | 96 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 229 | 104 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 231 | 109 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 233 | 110 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 236 | 112 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 233 | 111 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 234 | 110 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 237 | 112 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 248 | 123 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 240 | 108 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 252 | 113 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 266 | 130 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 262 | 127 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 257 | 125 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 254 | 122 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 267 | 125 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 268 | 119 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |