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Planning area in Cork

Glasheen–CorkCity

Schools in County Cork in this planning area.

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Schools
18
of 335 in Cork
Pupils
4,646
8% of Cork's pupils
Since 2015/16
+1.7%
4,567 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
258.1
Cork: 179.1
Average class size
21.31
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

4,646

−119 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

18

12 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

258.1

534.1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.31

−0.26 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. 560 in 2025/26, +21 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1977/78: 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 (2 schools today). 447 pupils in 2025/26, 9.6% of the area's pupils, against 10.7% 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

17 schools with figures for both years

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

4fell by 10% or more
10within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 10Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 1

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Muire gan Smal CCork, Co. Cork 231 → 297 +28.6%
  2. 2 Scoil Naomh MhuireCork, Co. Cork 267 → 312 +16.9%
  3. 3 Scoil Mhuire gan Smal BCork, Co. Cork 354 → 403 +13.8%
  4. 4 S N Barra NaofaCork, Co. Cork 69 → 75 +8.7%
  5. 5 S N Iosef NaofaCork, Co. Cork 212 → 215 +1.4%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaCork, Co. Cork 224 → 193 −13.8%
  2. 2 S N B Togher CorkCork, Co. Cork 290 → 252 −13.1%
  3. 3 Realt na MaidineCork, Co. Cork 122 → 107 −12.3%
  4. 4 Greenmount Monastery NSGreenmount, Co. Cork 267 → 240 −10.1%
  5. 5 S N Athair Maitiu CTogher, Co. Cork 278 → 252 −9.4%

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 162 pupils. It isn’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
21.31
Mainstream classes
210
Classes of 30 or more
9
Schools with a class of 30+
6

Teachers

Teachers in the 18 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
210
Up 62 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 29%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 349
Estimate: 210 class teachers, 18 principals and deputies, 93 special education and 28 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
285
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 6
2 schools gained a class teacher, 6 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

3 special schools in Glasheen–CorkCity, and the special classes in its 18 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
81
In 3 schools, up from 68 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
28
In 12 of 18 schools. 19 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
30
In 12 schools: 2 new classes
Autism classes
25
89% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Glasheen–CorkCity's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 19
  • 2021/22 20
  • 2022/23 22
  • 2023/24 23
  • 2024/25 25
  • 2025/26 28
  • 2026/27 30

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Gabriels Special SchoolCork. · Severe or profound general learning disability 54
+42.1%
9 35
Cork University Hos SchoolCork 17
−5.6%
– –
St Kevins SchoolCork 10
−16.7%
– –

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

Schools

18 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Bunscoil Chriost RiCork 20388R 453
−7.9%
20 21.70 30 1
Scoil Naomh CaitrionaCork 18253F 414
−5.7%
17 24.35 28 0
Scoil Mhuire gan Smal BCork 17993R 403
+13.8%
17 23.35 29 0
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)Cork 20077A 398
−0.3%
16 24.88 28 0
Scoil Naomh MhuireCork 14000C 312
+16.9%
15 19.20 32 1
Muire gan Smal CCork 17105I 297
+28.6%
14 20.79 31 1
S N an Spioraid Naomh CCork 19000E 258
−6.5%
11 23.45 33 3
Gaelscoil Ui RiadaCorcaigh 19852J 254
−4.2%
10 25.40 32 2
S N Athair Maitiu CTogher 18566D 252
−9.4%
14 17.57 23 0
S N B Togher CorkCork 13980L 252
−13.1%
14 17.14 25 0
Greenmount Monastery NSGreenmount 12473M 240
−10.1%
11 19.45 28 0
S N Iosef NaofaCork 16339F 215
+1.4%
9 23.22 29 0
Cork Educate Together National SchoolCork 19906G 193
−6.8%
8 24.12 27 0
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaCork 18292P 193
−13.8%
8 22.75 37 1
Scoil Maria AssumptaCork 20389T 168
−4.0%
9 17.33 24 0
South Lee Educate Together National SchoolCork City 20522S 162 – 7 21.43 26 0
Realt na MaidineCork 18734V 107
−12.3%
6 12.83 18 0
S N Barra NaofaCork 18356P 75
+8.7%
4 18.75 24 0