Scoil Naomh Seosamh
Skibberreen · Roll number 08430S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 182
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 7 from 189 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 180 / 2
- 99% 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
182 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 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 21.5 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 21.5 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 23.7 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23.2 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 22.3 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 24.8 |
| 5th Class | 23 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 25.2 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 25.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 192nd Class2022/23
- 183rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 216th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
23 in 5th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 235th Class2020/21
- 246th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Junior Infants in 2022/23 (20 to 29)
- −74th Class in 2021/22 (28 to 21)
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 Scoil Naomh Seosamh, 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
13.6teaching 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 teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
4.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 2 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.16 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Scoil Naomh Seosamh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh SeosamhThis school | – | 182 |
−3.7%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Dr M Ui Shuilleabhain0.2 km · An Sciobairín · Gaelscoil | 0.2 km | 78 |
+34.5%
|
| 2 | St Patrick's Boys' National School0.2 km · Skibbereen | 0.2 km | 204 |
−5.6%
|
| 3 | Abbeystrewry N S1.3 km · Skibbereen · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 142 |
+34.0%
|
| 4 | Castletownsend MXD N S5.1 km · Skibbereen | 5.1 km | 90 |
−30.2%
|
| 5 | Maulatrahane Central NS5.8 km · Skibbereen | 5.8 km | 31 |
−24.4%
|
| 6 | S N Muire na Doirini6.0 km · Skibbereen | 6.0 km | 14 |
−67.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Audrey Collins
- Phone
- 02821804
- [email protected]
- Address
- Gortnaclohy, Skibberreen, Co. Cork, P81 A364
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
- Skibereen
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 | 182 | 180 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 195 | 193 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 191 | 189 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | 196 | 195 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 186 | 184 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 196 | 194 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 199 | 197 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 201 | 200 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 194 | 193 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 188 | 187 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 189 | 187 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 186 | 185 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 191 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 174 | 174 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 179 | 179 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 184 | 184 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 188 | 186 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 188 | 188 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 179 | 178 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 177 | 177 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 159 | 159 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 163 | 161 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 180 | 178 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 171 | 169 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 184 | 182 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 182 | 180 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 179 | 177 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 171 | 171 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 160 | 160 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 166 | 166 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 148 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 165 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 166 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 235 | 235 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 243 | 243 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 239 | 239 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 226 | 226 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 225 | 225 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 222 | 222 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 225 | 225 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |