Scoil Colmcille
Cork · Roll number 16680O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 264
- +14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +24%
- Up 51 from 213 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 84 / 180
- 32% 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
264 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 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 31.7 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 28 | 30.5 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 32.7 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 32.2 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 28.8 |
| 4th Class | 36 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 29.7 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 28 | 27.7 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 29 | 35 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 27.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
28 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
34 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 37 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2022/23
- 35Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 372nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 39 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2021/22
- 34Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 392nd Class2024/25
- 393rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 37 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 374th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 315th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
36 in 4th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 364th Class2020/21
- 355th Class2021/22
- 356th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +116th Class in 2025/26 (19 to 30)
- −144th Class in 2021/22 (36 to 22)
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 Colmcille, 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
25.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers212.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.33 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. 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 Colmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ColmcilleThis school | – | 264 |
+23.9%
|
|
| 1 | Cork Educate Together National School0.4 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 193 |
−6.8%
|
| 2 | St Vincents Convent N S0.5 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.5 km | 208 |
−27.8%
|
| 3 | S N Iosef Naofa0.6 km · Cork · Boys | 0.6 km | 215 |
+1.4%
|
| 4 | North Presentation Primary School0.7 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.7 km | 288 |
+26.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior0.7 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.7 km | 207 |
+29.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Mhuire0.7 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.7 km | 312 |
+16.9%
|
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
- Kieran Murphy
- Phone
- 0214397000
- [email protected]
- Address
- Blarney Street, Cork, T23 H968
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
- Gurranbraher–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 | 264 | 84 | 180 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 250 | 68 | 182 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 243 | 49 | 194 | 28 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 249 | 37 | 212 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 35 |
| 2021/22 | 240 | 21 | 219 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 223 | 4 | 219 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 36 | 27 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 217 | – | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 221 | – | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 203 | – | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 0 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 213 | 0 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 201 | 0 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 196 | 0 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 189 | 0 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 181 | 0 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 176 | 0 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 185 | 0 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 164 | 0 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 156 | 0 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 139 | 0 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 122 | 0 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 115 | 0 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 110 | 0 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 102 | 0 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 94 | 0 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 103 | 0 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 90 | – | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 83 | 0 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 88 | – | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 94 | – | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 94 | – | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 100 | – | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 103 | – | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 179 | 0 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 174 | 0 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 191 | 0 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 208 | 0 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 193 | 0 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |