Ballygarvan N S
Ballygarvan · Roll number 16746S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 366
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 23 from 389 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 161 / 205
- 44% 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
366 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 | 49 | 37 | 61 | 35 | 30 | 43 | 42.5 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 48 | 40 | 60 | 36 | 30 | 44.5 |
| 1st Class | 46 | 54 | 49 | 41 | 61 | 35 | 47.7 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 46 | 55 | 51 | 41 | 61 | 51.5 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 54 | 47 | 55 | 52 | 40 | 46.5 |
| 4th Class | 51 | 31 | 56 | 46 | 57 | 53 | 49.0 |
| 5th Class | 43 | 52 | 32 | 54 | 46 | 57 | 47.3 |
| 6th Class | 49 | 42 | 54 | 31 | 53 | 47 | 46.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
35 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 35 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 35Junior Infants2023/24
- 36Senior Infants2024/25
- 351st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
61 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 61 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 61Junior Infants2022/23
- 60Senior Infants2023/24
- 611st Class2024/25
- 612nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 40 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 40Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 403rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 534th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 552nd Class2022/23
- 553rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 575th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
46 in 1st Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 461st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 473rd Class2022/23
- 464th Class2023/24
- 465th Class2024/25
- 476th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 543rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 325th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
51 in 4th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 514th Class2020/21
- 525th Class2021/22
- 546th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
43 in 5th Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 435th Class2020/21
- 426th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +254th Class in 2022/23 (31 to 56)
- −26Junior Infants in 2023/24 (61 to 35)
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 Ballygarvan 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
24.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers167.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.16 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 Ballygarvan N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballygarvan N SThis school | – | 366 |
−5.9%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Charraig Ui Leighin4.1 km · Carraig Uí Leighin · Gaelscoil | 4.1 km | 591 |
+2.6%
|
| 2 | Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa)4.3 km · Carrigaline | 4.3 km | 803 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Nioclais4.6 km · Cork | 4.6 km | 714 |
−19.4%
|
| 4 | St Mary's Church of Ireland N.S5.2 km · Carrigaline · Church of Ireland | 5.2 km | 204 |
−0.5%
|
| 5 | Owenabue ETNS5.2 km · Carrigaline · Multi-denominational | 5.2 km | 118 | – |
| 6 | Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School5.3 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 5.3 km | 506 |
+532.5%
|
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
- Mairead Coakley
- Phone
- 0214888390
- [email protected]
- Address
- School Road, Ballygarvan, Co. Cork, T12 RY1T
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 County Council
- Planning area
- Carrigaline
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 | 366 | 161 | 205 | 43 | 30 | 35 | 61 | 40 | 53 | 57 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 376 | 167 | 209 | 30 | 36 | 61 | 41 | 52 | 57 | 46 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 373 | 179 | 194 | 35 | 60 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 46 | 54 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 394 | 192 | 202 | 61 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 47 | 56 | 32 | 54 |
| 2021/22 | 364 | 174 | 190 | 37 | 48 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 31 | 52 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | 377 | 186 | 191 | 49 | 53 | 46 | 55 | 31 | 51 | 43 | 49 |
| 2019/20 | 390 | 191 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 389 | 189 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 384 | 187 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 373 | 177 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 389 | 179 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 367 | 160 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 375 | 154 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 349 | 141 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 318 | 124 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 293 | 114 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 285 | 112 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 265 | 107 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 224 | 94 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 212 | 95 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 183 | 94 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 188 | 88 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 176 | 85 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 167 | 78 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 148 | 65 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 140 | 63 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 142 | 62 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 132 | 54 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 136 | 54 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 137 | 58 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 148 | 71 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 137 | 70 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 133 | 70 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 133 | 54 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 121 | 54 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 118 | 55 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 117 | 56 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 109 | 51 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 101 | 43 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 93 | 40 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |