Scoil Mocheallóg
Kilmallock · Roll number 20193C
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 281
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 33 from 314 in 2015/16
- 11 classes in 2015/16, 15 now; average class 28.3 → 17.6
- Over 20 years: −6% from 300 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 130 / 151
- 46% girls
Pupils since 2004
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
281 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 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 31.3 |
| Senior Infants | 36 | 31 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 33 | 33.7 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 37 | 32.3 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 36 | 31.8 |
| 3rd Class | 40 | 31 | 27 | 37 | 35 | 29 | 33.2 |
| 4th Class | 40 | 39 | 34 | 27 | 38 | 38 | 36.0 |
| 5th Class | 40 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 28 | 39 | 37.5 |
| 6th Class | 46 | 39 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 41.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 33 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 33Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
35 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 37 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2023/24
- 38Senior Infants2024/25
- 371st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 36 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 36Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 362nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 28Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 38 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 352nd Class2023/24
- 353rd Class2024/25
- 384th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 36Senior Infants2020/21
- 361st Class2021/22
- 342nd Class2022/23
- 373rd Class2023/24
- 384th Class2024/25
- 395th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 386th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 344th Class2022/23
- 345th Class2023/24
- 356th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
40 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 403rd Class2020/21
- 394th Class2021/22
- 415th Class2022/23
- 426th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
40 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 404th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
40 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 405th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +114th Class in 2024/25 (27 to 38)
- −93rd Class in 2021/22 (40 to 31)
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 Mocheallóg, 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
27.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers202.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and an early intervention class 3
9.84 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 17 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.1 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.84 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. 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 Mocheallóg, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MocheallógThis school | – | 281 |
−10.5%
|
|
| 1 | Bulgaden N S4.3 km · Kilmallock | 4.3 km | 19 |
−52.5%
|
| 2 | Bruree National School5.2 km · Bruree | 5.2 km | 168 |
−9.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire6.3 km · Kilmallock | 6.3 km | 85 |
−33.6%
|
| 4 | Martinstown N S6.9 km · Kilmallock | 6.9 km | 54 |
−28.9%
|
| 5 | Athlacca N S7.6 km · Kilmallock | 7.6 km | 88 |
−20.0%
|
| 6 | Ardpatrick N S7.7 km · Kilmallock | 7.7 km | 48 |
−30.4%
|
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: 90 of 201 households answered (45%). The true figures are likely within 8.5 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: 8.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 36% | 19% | 4% |
| Kilmallock planning area · children at school | 34% | 17% | 3% |
| Kilmallock planning area · children not yet at school | 23% | 19% | 10% |
| 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
- Leonie Passmore
- Phone
- 06398319
- [email protected]
- Address
- Glenfield Road, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, V35 H324
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Kilmallock
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
22 school years from 2004/05 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 281 | 130 | 151 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 29 | 38 | 39 | 38 |
| 2024/25 | 280 | 128 | 152 | 32 | 38 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 38 | 28 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 292 | 139 | 153 | 35 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 37 | 27 | 34 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 291 | 139 | 152 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 34 | 41 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 291 | 146 | 145 | 28 | 31 | 36 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 43 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 301 | 150 | 151 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 309 | 152 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 319 | 161 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 320 | 165 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 318 | 164 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 314 | 155 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 308 | 150 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 303 | 153 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 288 | 145 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 281 | 140 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 290 | 142 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 294 | 139 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 316 | 150 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 326 | 164 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 324 | 158 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 300 | 146 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 297 | 143 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |