Planning area in Cork

Ballyvorney

Schools in County Cork in this planning area.

All planning areas in Ireland

Schools
4
of 335 in Cork
Pupils
307
1% of Cork's pupils
Since 2015/16
−11.8%
348 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
76.8
Cork: 179.1
Average class size
20.47
Cork: 21.72

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Cork, schools with no planning area had 3.2% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.7% in 2005/06 and 29.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

307

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

4

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

76.8

95.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.47

−0.13 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 36 in 2025/26, +4 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (4 schools today). 307 pupils in 2025/26, 100.0% of the area's pupils, against 100.0% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.

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

4 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

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

Class sizes

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

Average class size
20.47
Mainstream classes
15
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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
15
No change since 2006/07, while pupils rose 6%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 20
Estimate: 15 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 5 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
20
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

4 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil Abán NaofaMaigh Chromtha 15346U 137
−8.1%
6 22.83 30 1
Scoil Lachtain NaofaMaigh Chromtha 14816D 88
−14.6%
4 22.00 24 0
Scoil Chuil Aodha Barr D InseMáighchromtha 20222G 58
−19.4%
3 19.33 24 0
S N Rae na nDoiriMaigh Chromtha 14993C 24
0.0%
2 12.00 15 0