Our Lady of Mercy N S
Bantry · Roll number 09161W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2023/24
- 215
- −3 on 2022/23
- Girls and boys
- 157 / 58
- 73% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
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, 2023/24
202 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 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 38 | 28 | 39 | 31 | 34.0 |
| Senior Infants | 39 | 38 | 28 | 47 | 38.0 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 35 | 37 | 28 | 33.5 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 17.8 |
| 3rd Class | 17 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 19.0 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 19.8 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 21.8 |
| 6th Class | 19 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in Senior Infants (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 1st Class (2023/24): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 28Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
38 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 2nd Class (2023/24): 25 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 371st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 3rd Class (2023/24): 18 pupils fewer.
- 39Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 192nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2023/24): 11 pupils fewer.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 153rd Class2021/22
- 144th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
17 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 173rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 205th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +19Senior Infants in 2023/24 (28 to 47)
- −10Junior Infants in 2021/22 (38 to 28)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2023/24.
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 2023/24. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2023/24
Teachers
Who teaches at Our Lady of Mercy N S, 2006/07 to 2023/24.
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 2023/24
16.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers82.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and a multiple disabilities class 3
9.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
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).
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
- Siobhán O' Regan (Acting principal)
- Phone
- 02750590
- [email protected]
- Address
- Summerhill, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 XE75
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All-Through School
- 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
- Bantry
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2023/24, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
39 school years from 1975/76 to 2023/24. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 215 | 157 | 58 | 31 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 218 | 145 | 73 | 39 | 28 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 217 | 154 | 63 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 223 | 165 | 58 | 38 | 39 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 19 |
| 2019/20 | 238 | 172 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 234 | 169 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 240 | 164 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 234 | 167 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 249 | 171 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 242 | 164 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 252 | 171 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 264 | 181 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 267 | 185 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 273 | 194 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 282 | 196 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 271 | 198 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 255 | 182 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 259 | 185 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 269 | 185 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 270 | 179 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 276 | 187 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 269 | 185 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 271 | 185 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 271 | 179 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 259 | 169 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 257 | 179 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 257 | 183 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 264 | 198 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 265 | 195 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 282 | 211 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 323 | 227 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 389 | 287 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 393 | 288 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 390 | 291 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 393 | 291 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 388 | 285 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 381 | 275 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 404 | 289 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |