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School patron in Cork

Educate Together

Schools in County Cork under this patron.

Other patrons in Cork Bishop of Cork & Ross · 156 Bishop of Cloyne · 118 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 7 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
6
of 335 in Cork
Pupils
1,860
3% of Cork's pupils
Average school size
310.0
Cork: 179.1
Average class size
22.99
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

2 schools 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%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 1

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

Newer schools

4 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 864 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
22.99
Mainstream classes
77
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 6 mainstream primary schools here, 2008/09 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
77
Up 73 since 2008/09, while pupils rose 4669%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 130
Estimate: 77 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 32 special education and 15 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
48
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 1
2 schools gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2008/09

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

6 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Midleton Educate Together SchoolMidleton 20336V 572
+50.5%
24 22.58 28 0
Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National SchoolCork 20413N 506
+532.5%
21 23.24 29 0
Carrigaline Educate Together NSCarrigaline 20310D 424
+20.5%
16 25.38 28 0
South Lee Educate Together National SchoolCork City 20522S 162 – 7 21.43 26 0
Owenabue ETNSCarrigaline 20534C 118 – 5 21.20 28 0
Fermoy Educate Together NSFermoy 20511N 78 – 4 19.50 21 0