Scoil Abán Naofa
Maigh Chromtha · Roll number 15346U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 137
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 12 from 149 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 73 / 64
- 53% 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
137 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 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 18.8 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 17.7 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 18.5 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 17.8 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 18.2 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 17.7 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 18.3 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 13 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 13Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 23 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 231st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 22Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 171st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 163rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 141st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 182nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 176th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 186th 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
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Junior Infants in 2023/24 (16 to 24)
- −10Junior Infants in 2024/25 (24 to 14)
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 Abán Naofa, 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
8.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers and 2.83 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 Scoil Abán Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Abán NaofaThis school | – | 137 |
−8.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Rae na nDoiri4.2 km · Maigh Chromtha · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 4.2 km | 24 |
0.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chuil Aodha Barr D Inse5.0 km · Máighchromtha · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 5.0 km | 58 |
−19.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Lachtain Naofa5.9 km · Maigh Chromtha · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 5.9 km | 88 |
−14.6%
|
| 4 | S N Carraig an Ime8.7 km · Macroom | 8.7 km | 23 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | Clondrohid N S8.8 km · Macroom | 8.8 km | 276 |
+23.8%
|
| 6 | Kilbarry N S10.3 km · Macroom | 10.3 km | 31 |
−22.5%
|
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 Uí Bhuachalla
- Phone
- 02645407
- [email protected]
- Address
- Baile Mhúirne, Maigh Chromtha, Co. Chorcaí, P12 HW02
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Ballyvorney
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 | 137 | 73 | 64 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 141 | 73 | 68 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 147 | 76 | 71 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 65 | 82 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 154 | 70 | 84 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 152 | 67 | 85 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 155 | 74 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 155 | 74 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 157 | 77 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 154 | 72 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 149 | 69 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 138 | 70 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 128 | 61 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 117 | 54 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 113 | 50 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 116 | 54 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 122 | 58 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 61 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 126 | 64 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 137 | 70 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 124 | 70 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 125 | 68 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 136 | 75 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 148 | 80 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 146 | 80 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 141 | 76 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 139 | 73 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 146 | 75 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 155 | 76 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 162 | 82 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 162 | 77 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 164 | 75 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 171 | 78 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 203 | 110 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 197 | 103 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 193 | 101 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 186 | 93 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 180 | 86 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 162 | 72 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 159 | 73 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |