St Joseph's Girls National School
Clonakilty · Roll number 07651G
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 192
- −15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 29 from 221 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 192 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
192 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 19 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 18.0 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 22.7 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 23.5 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 24.8 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 24.8 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 26.7 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 27 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 29.5 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 31.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 271st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 335th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2022/23 (11 to 26)
- −10Junior Infants in 2025/26 (21 to 11)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Joseph's Girls National School, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
13.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to St Joseph's Girls National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Girls National SchoolThis school | – | 192 |
−13.1%
|
|
| 1 | Kilgariffe N S0.4 km · Clonakilty · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 45 |
−6.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil na mBuachailli1.0 km · Clonakilty | 1.0 km | 235 |
−13.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin1.6 km · Cloch na gCoillte · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.6 km | 388 |
+26.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Dhairbhre3.8 km · Clonakilty | 3.8 km | 36 |
−46.3%
|
| 5 | S N Cnoc Sceach5.4 km · Clonakilty | 5.4 km | 207 |
+43.8%
|
| 6 | Lisavaird MXD N S5.9 km · Clonakilty | 5.9 km | 70 |
+18.6%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Conor Mulcahy
- Phone
- 0238833050
- [email protected]
- Address
- Convent Road, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85 AX90
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Clonakilty
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 192 | 192 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 207 | 207 | – | 21 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 210 | 210 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 213 | 213 | – | 26 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 33 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 188 | 188 | – | 11 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 208 | – | 19 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 220 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 222 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 223 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 217 | 217 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 221 | 221 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 222 | 222 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 216 | 216 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 220 | 220 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 231 | 231 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 240 | 240 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 242 | 242 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 245 | 245 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 242 | 242 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 240 | 240 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 242 | 242 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 242 | 242 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 236 | 236 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 228 | 228 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 226 | 226 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 235 | 235 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 230 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 232 | 232 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 229 | 229 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 254 | 254 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 264 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 266 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 287 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 267 | 267 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 264 | 264 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 268 | 268 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 266 | 266 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 270 | 270 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 282 | 282 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 287 | 287 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |