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School patron in Cork

Cork ETB

Schools in County Cork under this patron.

Other patrons in Cork Bishop of Cork & Ross · 156 Bishop of Cloyne · 118 Educate Together · 6 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 7 Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI · 18 Bishop of Kerry · 20 Bishop of cork and Ros · 2 Not reported · 2 Cork School Project · 1 Minister for Education & Skills · 1 Gaelachas Teo · 1
Schools
3
of 335 in Cork
Pupils
695
1% of Cork's pupils
Average school size
231.7
Cork: 179.1
Average class size
23.14
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

1 school with figures for both years

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

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

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

Newer schools

2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 645 pupils between them. They aren’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
23.14
Mainstream classes
29
Classes of 30 or more
3
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 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
29
Up 27 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 1886%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 49
Estimate: 29 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 14 special education and 4 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
10
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

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Carrigtwohill Community National SchoolCarrigtwohill 20442U 443
+14,666.7%
18 23.94 32 3
Mallow Community National SchoolMallow 20440Q 202
+197.1%
8 23.75 27 0
Kyle N SYoughal 04442F 50
+61.3%
3 16.67 19 0