S N Rathain
Mallow · Roll number 17533G
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 125
- +20 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +123%
- Up 69 from 56 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 68 / 57
- 54% 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
125 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 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 15.7 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 14.2 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 15.7 |
| 2nd Class | 8 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 15.0 |
| 3rd Class | 12 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 4th Class | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 12.0 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11.2 |
| 6th Class | 7 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 10.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 201st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 15Senior Infants2021/22
- 151st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 173rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 196th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
8 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 82nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 35th Class2023/24
- 36th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
12 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 123rd Class2020/21
- 124th Class2021/22
- 115th Class2022/23
- 116th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
7 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 74th Class2020/21
- 65th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 156th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +166th Class in 2025/26 (3 to 19)
- −106th Class in 2022/23 (15 to 5)
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 Rathain, 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
6.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 7 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers47.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.9
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers and 2 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 S N Rathain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N RathainThis school | – | 125 |
+123.2%
|
|
| 1 | Mallow Community National School3.0 km · Mallow · Multi-denominational | 3.0 km | 202 |
+197.1%
|
| 2 | Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis3.4 km · Magh Ealla · Gaelscoil | 3.4 km | 412 |
+9.9%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School3.6 km · Mallow · Boys | 3.6 km | 212 |
+1.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ghobnatan3.7 km · Mallow · DEIS | 3.7 km | 470 |
−19.1%
|
| 5 | Convent Girls Senior National School3.9 km · Mallow | 3.9 km | 246 |
−17.4%
|
| 6 | S N Iosagain3.9 km · Mallow | 3.9 km | 133 |
−30.0%
|
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
- Marjorie Vaughan
- Phone
- 02222901
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 DP79
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 County Council
- Planning area
- Mallow
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 | 125 | 68 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 109 | 63 | 46 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | 102 | 56 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 99 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 97 | 54 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
| 2019/20 | 91 | 47 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 89 | 45 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 69 | 36 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 70 | 35 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 56 | 26 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 57 | 27 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 59 | 26 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 68 | 31 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 82 | 35 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 90 | 33 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 97 | 32 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 98 | 34 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 91 | 32 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 95 | 33 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 88 | 30 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 84 | 37 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 95 | 45 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 89 | 44 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 82 | 41 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 89 | 45 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 85 | 43 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 88 | 42 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 95 | 47 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 103 | 47 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 104 | 46 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 104 | 45 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 118 | 48 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 70 | 23 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 68 | 27 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 60 | 26 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 57 | 24 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 62 | 29 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 57 | 27 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |