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School patron in Cork

An Foras Pátrúnachta

Schools in County Cork under this patron.

Other patrons in Cork Bishop of Cork & Ross · 156 Bishop of Cloyne · 118 Educate Together · 6 Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI · 18 Bishop of Kerry · 20 Bishop of cork and Ros · 2 Cork ETB · 3 Not reported · 2 Cork School Project · 1 Minister for Education & Skills · 1 Gaelachas Teo · 1
Schools
7
of 335 in Cork
Pupils
1,797
3% of Cork's pupils
Average school size
256.7
Cork: 179.1
Average class size
23.17
Cork: 21.72

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

6 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

1fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 3

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

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 205 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
23.17
Mainstream classes
75
Classes of 30 or more
7
Schools with a class of 30+
4

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 mainstream primary schools 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
75
Up 41 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 122%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 120
Estimate: 75 class teachers, 7 principals and deputies, 25 special education and 13 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
75
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

Schools

7 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnCorcaigh 19993E 393
+18.0%
16 24.56 35 3
Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí ChoileáinCloch na gCoillte 20006A 388
+26.4%
16 22.75 28 0
Gaelscoil Ui DrisceoilGlanmire 20239A 381
−11.6%
16 23.06 34 1
Gaelscoil an ChaisleáinBaile an Chollaigh 20500I 205 – 8 25.62 30 1
Gaelscoil MhuscraíAn Bhlárna 20151J 195
+29.1%
7 26.29 32 2
Gaelscoil Droichead na BanndanDroichead na Banndan 20025E 157
+1.9%
8 19.62 23 0
Gaelscoil Dr M Ui ShuilleabhainAn Sciobairín 20009G 78
+34.5%
4 16.50 18 0