S N Mhuire
Cork · Roll number 17360B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 316
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −14%
- Down 53 from 369 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 153 / 163
- 48% 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
316 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 | 50 | 44 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 37.8 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 50 | 46 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 39.2 |
| 1st Class | 47 | 42 | 49 | 46 | 28 | 30 | 40.3 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 47 | 43 | 49 | 47 | 27 | 43.2 |
| 3rd Class | 39 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 45.5 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 39 | 45 | 48 | 41 | 49 | 44.7 |
| 5th Class | 51 | 46 | 37 | 46 | 49 | 40 | 44.8 |
| 6th Class | 36 | 51 | 45 | 37 | 46 | 49 | 44.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
35 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 36 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 35Junior Infants2024/25
- 36Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
44 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 48 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2021/22
- 46Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 472nd Class2024/25
- 483rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 492nd Class2023/24
- 483rd Class2024/25
- 494th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 432nd Class2022/23
- 443rd Class2023/24
- 414th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
47 in 1st Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 471st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 496th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 463rd Class2021/22
- 454th Class2022/23
- 465th Class2023/24
- 466th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
39 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 393rd Class2020/21
- 394th Class2021/22
- 375th Class2022/23
- 376th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 465th Class2021/22
- 456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
51 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 515th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +156th Class in 2021/22 (36 to 51)
- −202nd Class in 2025/26 (47 to 27)
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 S N Mhuire, 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
20.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers130 hours of support teaching a week 5.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher 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 S N Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N MhuireThis school | – | 316 |
−14.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Aiseiri Chriost3.0 km · Cork · Girls · DEIS | 3.0 km | 232 |
−35.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Iosagain3.0 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 3.0 km | 222 |
−39.8%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Peig Sayers3.1 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 3.1 km | 280 |
+62.8%
|
| 4 | Scoil Oilibheir3.2 km · Cork · DEIS | 3.2 km | 511 |
−18.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Padre Pio N S3.3 km · Cork · DEIS | 3.3 km | 264 |
+4.8%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior3.5 km · Cork · DEIS | 3.5 km | 207 |
+29.4%
|
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
- Susanna Farrell O'Neill
- Phone
- 0214394265
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathpeacon, Mallow Road, Cork, T23 F799
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- 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
- Carrignavar
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 | 316 | 153 | 163 | 37 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 48 | 49 | 40 | 49 |
| 2024/25 | 324 | 156 | 168 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 47 | 48 | 41 | 49 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 330 | 158 | 172 | 30 | 30 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 48 | 46 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | 344 | 172 | 172 | 31 | 46 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 37 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | 365 | 184 | 181 | 44 | 50 | 42 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 46 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 358 | 181 | 177 | 50 | 43 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 46 | 51 | 36 |
| 2019/20 | 364 | 187 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 366 | 185 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 365 | 194 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 356 | 192 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 369 | 200 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 351 | 184 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 344 | 179 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 353 | 185 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 329 | 167 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 318 | 162 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 293 | 145 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 292 | 141 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 265 | 126 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 240 | 116 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 220 | 102 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 195 | 92 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 184 | 89 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 173 | 78 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 166 | 73 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 160 | 70 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 143 | 62 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 143 | 61 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 139 | 56 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 140 | 56 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 141 | 59 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 128 | 54 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 135 | 59 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 145 | 61 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 139 | 64 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 140 | 69 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 134 | 64 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 132 | 59 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 136 | 60 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 135 | 60 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |