Planning area in Cork

Fermoy

Schools in County Cork in this planning area.

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Schools: 19; of 335 in Cork
Pupils: 3,125; 5% of Cork's pupils
Since 2015/16: −2.2%; 3,194 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size: 164.5; Cork: 179.1
Average class size: 22.04; Cork: 21.72

Trends in Fermoy

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

3,125

−64 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

15 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

164.5

135.1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.04

−0.80 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.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 371 in 2025/26, +45 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). 328 pupils in 2025/26, 10.5% of the area's pupils, against 12.9% 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

18 schools with figures for both years

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

8fell by 10% or more

7within 10%

3grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 6Within 10% · 7Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 0

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Watergrasshill N SWatergrasshill, Co. Cork 324 → 391 +20.7%
2 Rathcormac N SFermoy, Co. Cork 369 → 432 +17.1%
3 Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National SchoolFermoy, Co. Cork 98 → 112 +14.3%
4 SN MhuireBallyhooly, Co. Cork 155 → 167 +7.7%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Kilmagner N SFermoy, Co. Cork 76 → 52 −31.6%
2 S N MhuireAraglin, Co. Cork 72 → 56 −22.2%
3 Scoil Freastogail MuireFermoy, Co. Cork 302 → 236 −21.9%
4 Gaelscoil de hIdeMainistir Fheatmaí, Co. Cork 411 → 328 −20.2%
5 St Patrick's National SchoolGlanworth, Co. Cork 142 → 114 −19.7%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 78 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Fermoy Educate Together NSFermoy · opened 2018/19 78

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 22.04
Mainstream classes: 136
Classes of 30 or more: 7
Schools with a class of 30+: 5

Teachers

Teachers in the 19 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: 136; Up 59 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 56%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 233; Estimate: 136 class teachers, 11 principals and deputies, 64 special education and 22 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 179; 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 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Fermoy, and the special classes in its 19 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 19; In 1 school
Special classes in 2025/26: 22; In 11 of 19 schools. 11 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 17; In 10 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 20; 91% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Fermoy's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 11
2021/22 11
2022/23 12
2023/24 16
2024/25 19
2025/26 22
2026/27 17

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in Fermoy
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
North Cork Community Special SchoolCork	19	–	4	8

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

19 schools, largest first.

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	Roll number
Rathcormac N SFermoy	17609N	432	+17.1%	18	24.00	30	1
Watergrasshill N SWatergrasshill	16271U	391	+20.7%	17	22.29	30	1
Gaelscoil de hIdeMainistir Fheatmaí	19851H	328	−20.2%	14	23.00	34	2
Scoil MháirtinKilworth	20204E	291	−2.3%	12	23.33	28	0
Scoil Freastogail MuireFermoy	17868O	236	−21.9%	10	20.70	28	0
Castlelyons B N SCastlelyons	01867W	194	−10.2%	8	22.50	29	0
SN MhuireBallyhooly	19404F	167	+7.7%	7	22.57	29	0
S N Naomh CaitrionaConna	17528N	149	−3.2%	6	24.83	31	2
Grange Fermoy N SFermoy	15594Q	134	−4.3%	5	24.80	29	0
St Patrick's National SchoolGlanworth	18196T	114	−19.7%	5	22.80	27	0
Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National SchoolFermoy	16683U	112	+14.3%	5	20.00	27	0
Scoil ChaitrionaMallow	18472R	111	−5.9%	4	27.75	30	1
Iosef NaofaFermoy	18377A	90	−4.3%	5	15.60	22	0
Bartlemy N SFermoy	15701O	89	−16.0%	4	20.75	23	0
Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, ClondulaneFermoy	17955J	80	−9.1%	4	20.00	24	0
Fermoy Educate Together NSFermoy	20511N	78	–	4	19.50	21	0
S N MhuireAraglin	17761T	56	−22.2%	3	18.67	20	0
Kilmagner N SFermoy	11337W	52	−31.6%	3	15.33	17	0
Fermoy Adair N SFermoy	10523O	21	−32.3%	2	10.50	13	0