Macroom Convent N S
Macroom · Roll number 10047I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 306
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 12 from 318 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 242 / 64
- 79% 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
306 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 | 53 | 47 | 61 | 47 | 54 | 41 | 50.5 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 54 | 49 | 63 | 42 | 54 | 50.8 |
| 1st Class | 59 | 43 | 61 | 57 | 61 | 45 | 54.3 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 34 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 29.2 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 31 | 33 | 28.3 |
| 4th Class | 34 | 34 | 21 | 35 | 26 | 34 | 30.7 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 32 | 37 | 20 | 38 | 27 | 30.3 |
| 6th Class | 33 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 23 | 37 | 32.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
54 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 54 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 54Junior Infants2024/25
- 54Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
61 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 35 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 26 pupils fewer.
- 61Junior Infants2022/23
- 63Senior Infants2023/24
- 611st Class2024/25
- 352nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 33 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 14 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 49Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 333rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 4th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 54Senior Infants2021/22
- 611st Class2022/23
- 352nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 344th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 431st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
59 in 1st Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils fewer.
- 591st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 385th Class2024/25
- 376th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 344th Class2021/22
- 375th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
34 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 344th Class2020/21
- 325th Class2021/22
- 336th 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
- +181st Class in 2022/23 (43 to 61)
- −21Senior Infants in 2024/25 (63 to 42)
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 Macroom Convent N S, 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
19.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers145 hours of support teaching a week 5.8
3.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.8 special education teachers and 3.5 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 Macroom Convent N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroom Convent N SThis school | – | 306 |
−3.8%
|
|
| 1 | Macroom Boys Senior National School0.2 km · Macroom | 0.2 km | 186 |
+20.8%
|
| 2 | Clondrohid N S5.2 km · Macroom | 5.2 km | 276 |
+23.8%
|
| 3 | Rusheen NS5.3 km · Coachford | 5.3 km | 74 |
−14.9%
|
| 4 | Canovee Mixed N S7.1 km · Macroom | 7.1 km | 145 |
−9.9%
|
| 5 | S N na Mona Fliche7.4 km · Macroom | 7.4 km | 49 |
−27.9%
|
| 6 | Ballyvongane Mixed N S7.5 km · Coachford | 7.5 km | 18 |
−58.1%
|
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
- Alice Kelleher
- Phone
- 02641847
- [email protected]
- Address
- New Road, Macroom, Co. Cork, P12 RW14
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Macroom
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 | 306 | 242 | 64 | 41 | 54 | 45 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | 308 | 241 | 67 | 54 | 42 | 61 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 38 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 317 | 237 | 80 | 47 | 63 | 57 | 35 | 19 | 35 | 20 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 314 | 239 | 75 | 61 | 49 | 61 | 18 | 34 | 21 | 37 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 287 | 213 | 74 | 47 | 54 | 43 | 34 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 305 | 227 | 78 | 53 | 43 | 59 | 20 | 35 | 34 | 28 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 311 | 231 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 296 | 222 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 311 | 220 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 301 | 212 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 318 | 214 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 310 | 214 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 309 | 200 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 289 | 189 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 271 | 187 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 254 | 195 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 275 | 208 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 296 | 220 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 302 | 216 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 286 | 214 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 278 | 215 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 274 | 209 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 273 | 200 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 263 | 189 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 262 | 181 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 235 | 161 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 262 | 181 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 241 | 172 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 229 | 159 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 230 | 156 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 228 | 164 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 246 | 175 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 253 | 191 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 332 | 237 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 342 | 243 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 360 | 253 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 347 | 250 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 357 | 256 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 361 | 262 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 354 | 252 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |