Scoil na Croise Naofa
Cork · Roll number 17024I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 193
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 19 from 212 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 96 / 97
- 50% 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
193 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 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17.3 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 19.5 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 23.3 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 24.0 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 24.0 |
| 4th Class | 21 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 24.3 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 23 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 22.0 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 23.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
19 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 26 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 261st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 271st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
21 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 214th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +165th Class in 2023/24 (14 to 30)
- −96th Class in 2021/22 (26 to 17)
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 na Croise 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
19.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers178 hours of support teaching a week 7.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.66 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 na Croise Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Croise NaofaThis school | – | 193 |
−9.0%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Mhachan0.2 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.2 km | 139 |
−26.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Ursula0.8 km · Blackrock · DEIS | 0.8 km | 182 |
+11.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Micheal1.2 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.2 km | 102 |
+126.7%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil1.9 km · Glanmire · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.9 km | 381 |
−11.6%
|
| 5 | S N Barra Naofa Bhuach1.9 km · Cork · Boys | 1.9 km | 280 |
−3.1%
|
| 6 | S N Barra Naofa Cailini1.9 km · Cork | 1.9 km | 316 |
+21.1%
|
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
- Ciara Bowe
- Phone
- 0214357852
- [email protected]
- Address
- Avenue De Rennes, Mahon, Cork, T12 R252
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
- Ballintemple–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 | 193 | 96 | 97 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 95 | 102 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 200 | 98 | 102 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 164 | 75 | 89 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 172 | 75 | 97 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 23 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 166 | 74 | 92 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 171 | 74 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 181 | 83 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 184 | 84 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 201 | 90 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 212 | 92 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 216 | 91 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 227 | 96 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 247 | 102 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 252 | 99 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 225 | 78 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 224 | 70 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 207 | 59 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 189 | 41 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 183 | 26 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 193 | 14 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 207 | 0 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 221 | 0 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 242 | 0 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 273 | 0 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 292 | 0 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 344 | 0 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 360 | 0 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 394 | 0 | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 434 | – | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 473 | – | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 515 | – | 515 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 192 | 0 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 154 | 0 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 142 | 0 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 143 | 0 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 138 | 0 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |