Douglas B N S
Cork · Roll number 13828F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 353
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −16%
- Down 68 from 421 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 3 / 350
- 1% 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
353 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 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 37 | 39.0 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 42 | 47 | 29 | 35 | 42 | 41.0 |
| 1st Class | 40 | 47 | 40 | 47 | 29 | 38 | 40.2 |
| 2nd Class | 39 | 39 | 48 | 41 | 48 | 40 | 42.5 |
| 3rd Class | 43 | 37 | 36 | 50 | 46 | 50 | 43.7 |
| 4th Class | 57 | 44 | 37 | 39 | 55 | 49 | 46.8 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 52 | 46 | 37 | 38 | 57 | 43.5 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 30 | 53 | 48 | 42 | 40 | 44.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 42 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 42Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
36 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 38 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 381st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 40 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 291st Class2024/25
- 402nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 471st Class2023/24
- 482nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 42Senior Infants2021/22
- 401st Class2022/23
- 412nd Class2023/24
- 463rd Class2024/25
- 494th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 482nd Class2022/23
- 503rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 575th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
40 in 1st Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 401st Class2020/21
- 392nd Class2021/22
- 363rd Class2022/23
- 394th Class2023/24
- 385th Class2024/25
- 406th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
39 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 392nd Class2020/21
- 373rd Class2021/22
- 374th Class2022/23
- 375th Class2023/24
- 426th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
43 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 433rd Class2020/21
- 444th Class2021/22
- 465th Class2022/23
- 486th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
57 in 4th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 574th Class2020/21
- 525th Class2021/22
- 536th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +236th Class in 2022/23 (30 to 53)
- −226th Class in 2021/22 (52 to 30)
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 Douglas B 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
28.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
14.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.2 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 14.5 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 Douglas B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas B N SThis school | – | 353 |
−16.2%
|
|
| 1 | St Columbas N.S0.2 km · Douglas West | 0.2 km | 377 |
−14.1%
|
| 2 | St Lukes N S Douglas0.3 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 203 |
−6.5%
|
| 3 | Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu0.5 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 424 |
+1.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Brid C1.1 km · Cork · Girls | 1.1 km | 374 |
−31.6%
|
| 5 | Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School1.2 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 506 |
+532.5%
|
| 6 | Scoil Nioclais1.4 km · Cork | 1.4 km | 714 |
−19.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Daniel O'Connor
- Phone
- 0214364938
- [email protected]
- Address
- Douglas West, Cork, T12 FW11
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 City Council
- Planning area
- South Suburbs–CorkCity
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
40 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 | 353 | 3 | 350 | 37 | 42 | 38 | 40 | 50 | 49 | 57 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | 364 | 3 | 361 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 48 | 46 | 55 | 38 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 357 | 4 | 353 | 36 | 29 | 47 | 41 | 50 | 39 | 37 | 48 |
| 2022/23 | 368 | 4 | 364 | 31 | 47 | 40 | 48 | 36 | 37 | 46 | 53 |
| 2021/22 | 360 | 3 | 357 | 45 | 42 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 378 | 3 | 375 | 42 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 57 | 31 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 387 | 3 | 384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 378 | 2 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 378 | 1 | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 398 | 1 | 397 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 421 | 1 | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 448 | 1 | 447 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 468 | 1 | 467 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 501 | 1 | 500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 509 | 0 | 509 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 531 | 0 | 531 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 561 | 0 | 561 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 608 | 0 | 608 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 633 | 0 | 633 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 671 | 0 | 671 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 669 | 0 | 669 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 633 | 0 | 633 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 640 | 0 | 640 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 596 | 0 | 596 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 557 | 0 | 557 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 525 | 0 | 525 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 528 | 0 | 528 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 498 | – | 498 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 507 | 0 | 507 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 529 | 0 | 529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 536 | – | 536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 565 | – | 565 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 590 | – | 590 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 796 | 0 | 796 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 783 | 0 | 783 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 785 | 0 | 785 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 752 | 0 | 752 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 651 | 0 | 651 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 613 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 604 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |