Planning area in Cork
Carrigaline
Schools in County Cork in this planning area.
- Schools
- 6
- of 335 in Cork
- Pupils
- 2,506
- 4% of Cork's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- +64.7%
- 1,522 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 417.7
- Cork: 179.1
- Average class size
- 23.63
- Cork: 21.72
Trends in Carrigaline
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.
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
2,506
−10 on 2024/25
Schools
6
2 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
417.7
63.5 in 1975/76
Average class size
23.63
−0.16 on 2024/25
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. 302 in 2025/26, +26 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 (1 school today). 591 pupils in 2025/26, 23.6% of the area's pupils, against 37.8% 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.
4 schools with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
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 921 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.
- Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa)Carrigaline · figures start 2020/21 803
- Owenabue ETNSCarrigaline · opened 2020/21 118
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 23.63
- Mainstream classes
- 103
- Classes of 30 or more
- 0
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 0
Teachers
Teachers in the 6 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 103
- Up 73 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 198%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 163
- Estimate: 103 class teachers, 8 principals and deputies, 40 special education and 12 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 80
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 1 / 1
- 1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one
Class teachers since 2006/07
One for each mainstream class, every school year
Special schools and special classes
2 special schools in Carrigaline, and the special classes in its 6 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 95
- In 2 schools, up from 42 in 2015/16
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 12
- In 6 of 6 schools. 8 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 13
- In 6 schools: 1 new class
- Autism classes
- 12
- 100% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In Carrigaline's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 8
- 2021/22 9
- 2022/23 11
- 2023/24 11
- 2024/25 11
- 2025/26 12
- 2026/27 13
2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.
| Special school | Pupils | Since 2015/16 | Teaching posts | SNAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonas Special Primary Junior SchoolArdnacloghy · Autism | 48 |
+14.3%
|
8 | 23.15 |
| Carrigaline Community Special SchoolCarrigaline · Community special school | 47 | – | 9 | 23 |
Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).
Schools
6 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa)Carrigaline | 20550A | 803 |
+0.2%
–– |
34 | 23.09 | 29 | 0 |
| Gaelscoil Charraig Ui LeighinCarraig Uí Leighin | 19881Q | 591 |
−11.7%
+2.6%
+53.1%
|
24 | 24.38 | 27 | 0 |
| Carrigaline Educate Together NSCarrigaline | 20310D | 424 |
−9.2%
+20.5%
– |
16 | 25.38 | 28 | 0 |
| Ballygarvan N SBallygarvan | 16746S | 366 |
−2.9%
−5.9%
+100.0%
|
16 | 22.50 | 29 | 0 |
| St Mary's Church of Ireland N.SCarrigaline | 18279A | 204 |
−2.9%
−0.5%
−8.5%
|
8 | 24.00 | 26 | 0 |
| Owenabue ETNSCarrigaline | 20534C | 118 |
+1,585.7%
–– |
5 | 21.20 | 28 | 0 |
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