Ballintotas N S

Castlemartyr · Roll number 15165Q

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
100
−6 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−28%
Down 39 from 139 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
50 / 50
50% girls
Teachers
about 7
5 class teachers, 20.0 pupils per class. Who they are

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

100 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants9
  • Senior Infants8
  • 1st Class14
  • 2nd Class9
  • 3rd Class13
  • 4th Class14
  • 5th Class19
  • 6th Class14

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 12 11 9 13 10 9 10.7
Senior Infants 20 12 12 9 13 8 12.3
1st Class 14 20 12 12 9 14 13.5
2nd Class 16 14 21 12 12 9 14.0
3rd Class 8 16 14 20 13 13 14.0
4th Class 16 8 16 14 19 14 14.5
5th Class 18 16 8 16 14 19 15.2
6th Class 14 18 16 8 16 14 14.3

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.

  1. 12Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 12Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 121st Class2022/23
  4. 122nd Class2023/24
  5. 133rd Class2024/25
  6. 144th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +83rd Class in 2021/22 (8 to 16)
  • −92nd Class in 2023/24 (21 to 12)

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 Ballintotas 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

7.1teaching posts

Our estimate: about 7 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers52.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.1

2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27: a new special class opens

The NCSE has allocated 2.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4.33 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 Ballintotas N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Ballintotas N S
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Ballintotas N SThis school – 100
−28.1%
1 Castlemartyr N S3.0 km · Castlemartyr 3.0 km 214
−10.8%
2 Midleton Convent N S4.7 km · Midleton 4.7 km 291
−53.4%
3 St John the Baptist N S5.0 km · Midleton · Church of Ireland 5.0 km 190
−15.2%
4 Midleton CBS Primary School5.1 km · Midleton · Boys 5.1 km 191
−38.2%
5 Cloyne National School5.7 km · Cloyne 5.7 km 275
−0.7%
6 Midleton Educate Together School6.2 km · Midleton · Multi-denominational 6.2 km 572
+50.5%
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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
Irene Finn
Address
Ballintotas, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, P25 Y272

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

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 100 50 50 9814913141914
2024/25 106 50 56 101391213191416
2023/24 104 49 55 13912122014168
2022/23 108 54 54 91212211416816
2021/22 115 58 57 111220141681618
2020/21 118 61 57 122014168161814
2019/20 122 60 62 ––––––––
2018/19 116 52 64 ––––––––
2017/18 127 57 70 ––––––––
2016/17 128 60 68 ––––––––
2015/16 139 70 69 ––––––––
2014/15 143 70 73 ––––––––
2013/14 143 69 74 ––––––––
2012/13 138 66 72 ––––––––
2011/12 135 71 64 ––––––––
2010/11 139 73 66 ––––––––
2009/10 130 68 62 ––––––––
2008/09 118 61 57 ––––––––
2007/08 114 55 59 ––––––––
2006/07 105 51 54 ––––––––
2005/06 99 46 53 ––––––––
2004/05 88 38 50 ––––––––
2003/04 88 34 54 ––––––––
2002/03 75 30 45 ––––––––
2001/02 66 27 39 ––––––––
2000/01 63 27 36 ––––––––
1999/00 57 26 31 ––––––––
1998/99 61 28 33 ––––––––
1997/98 60 29 31 ––––––––
1996/97 52 27 25 ––––––––
1995/96 47 22 25 ––––––––
1994/95 50 25 25 ––––––––
1993/94 55 27 28 ––––––––
1982/83 46 16 30 ––––––––
1981/82 47 18 29 ––––––––
1980/81 46 21 25 ––––––––
1979/80 41 19 22 ––––––––
1978/79 43 21 22 ––––––––
1977/78 37 20 17 ––––––––
1976/77 35 19 16 ––––––––
1975/76 36 – – ––––––––