Our Lady of Lourdes
Cork · Roll number 17313P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 30 from 245 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 215 / 0
- 100% 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
215 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 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 27.2 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 26.7 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29.0 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 38 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 29 | 28.7 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 29 | 40 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 28.8 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 23 | 28.5 |
| 6th Class | 32 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 28.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 383rd Class2021/22
- 404th Class2022/23
- 365th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +114th Class in 2022/23 (29 to 40)
- −124th Class in 2023/24 (40 to 28)
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 Our Lady of Lourdes, 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
12.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5 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 Our Lady of Lourdes, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of LourdesThis school | – | 215 |
−12.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Antaine0.5 km · Cork · Boys | 0.5 km | 581 |
−29.5%
|
| 2 | Bunscoil Chriost Ri0.8 km · Cork · Some subjects through Irish | 0.8 km | 453 |
−7.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Brid C1.0 km · Cork · Girls | 1.0 km | 374 |
−31.6%
|
| 4 | Ballintemple N S1.1 km · Cork | 1.1 km | 250 |
+12.1%
|
| 5 | St Lukes MXD N S1.6 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 96 |
+9.1%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa1.6 km · Cork · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.6 km | 193 |
−13.8%
|
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
- Helena O Neill
- Phone
- 0214963616
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballinlough Road, Cork, T12 RR98
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- 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 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 | 215 | 215 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 227 | 227 | – | 29 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 224 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 224 | 224 | – | 30 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 224 | 224 | – | 30 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 231 | 231 | – | 25 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 32 |
| 2019/20 | 235 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 238 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 244 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 244 | 244 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 245 | 245 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 243 | 243 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 250 | 250 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 245 | 245 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 243 | 243 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 247 | 247 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 264 | 264 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 261 | 261 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 264 | 264 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 262 | 262 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 264 | 256 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 267 | 250 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 275 | 251 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 276 | 247 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 278 | 244 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 272 | 235 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 259 | 225 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 269 | 228 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 267 | 224 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 255 | 210 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 239 | 199 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 227 | 191 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 212 | 184 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 178 | 150 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 189 | 158 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 177 | 154 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 183 | 162 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 202 | 174 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |