Scoil Naomh Mhuire
Cork · Roll number 14000C
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 312
- −30 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +17%
- Up 45 from 267 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 172 / 140
- 55% 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
312 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 | 31 | 41 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 37 | 41.2 |
| Senior Infants | 40 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 50 | 39 | 40.0 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 39 | 39 | 44 | 41 | 49 | 41.0 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 44 | 37 | 38.2 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 29 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 38 | 36.8 |
| 4th Class | 36 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 35.2 |
| 5th Class | 47 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 37.5 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 33 | 40.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
48 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 39 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2024/25
- 39Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 48Junior Infants2023/24
- 50Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
42 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 37 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2022/23
- 38Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 372nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
41 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 38 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 41Junior Infants2021/22
- 40Senior Infants2022/23
- 441st Class2023/24
- 442nd Class2024/25
- 383rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 41 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 462nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 414th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 38 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 40Senior Infants2020/21
- 391st Class2021/22
- 372nd Class2022/23
- 423rd Class2023/24
- 394th Class2024/25
- 385th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 393rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 365th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 375th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 386th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
36 in 4th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 364th Class2020/21
- 365th Class2021/22
- 416th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
47 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 475th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Senior Infants in 2024/25 (38 to 50)
- −115th Class in 2021/22 (47 to 36)
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 Mhuire, 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
29.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers235 hours of support teaching a week 9.4
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
13.08 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 13.08 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 Scoil Naomh Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh MhuireThis school | – | 312 |
+16.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Barra Naofa0.3 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 75 |
+8.7%
|
| 2 | Greenmount Monastery NS0.4 km · Greenmount · DEIS | 0.4 km | 240 |
−10.1%
|
| 3 | Cork Educate Together National School0.5 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 193 |
−6.8%
|
| 4 | S N Iosef Naofa0.5 km · Cork · Boys | 0.5 km | 215 |
+1.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Colmcille0.7 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.7 km | 264 |
+23.9%
|
| 6 | Bunscoil Chriost Ri1.2 km · Cork · Some subjects through Irish | 1.2 km | 453 |
−7.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Michelle Griffin
- Phone
- 0214963994
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bishop Street, Cork, T12 DW99
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
- Glasheen–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
38 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 | 312 | 172 | 140 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 342 | 181 | 161 | 48 | 50 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 39 | 36 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 329 | 169 | 160 | 48 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 42 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | 301 | 156 | 145 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 287 | 147 | 140 | 41 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 36 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 291 | 153 | 138 | 31 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 310 | 170 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 307 | 166 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 308 | 162 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 290 | 157 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 267 | 145 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 253 | 141 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 225 | 148 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 169 | 123 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 120 | 94 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 122 | 103 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 118 | 102 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 127 | 110 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 131 | 119 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 124 | 113 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 123 | 101 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 126 | 103 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 125 | 108 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 137 | 117 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 159 | 133 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 150 | 133 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 159 | 144 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 188 | 166 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 188 | 160 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 193 | 168 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 196 | 170 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 188 | 160 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 196 | 166 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 477 | 433 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 576 | 526 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 765 | 669 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 778 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 809 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |