S N na Scairte Leithe
Midleton · Roll number 17600S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 378
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −7%
- Down 29 from 407 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 186 / 192
- 49% 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
378 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 | 37 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 45 | 41 | 38.0 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 41 | 34 | 49 | 32 | 47 | 42.0 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 46 | 45 | 43 | 51 | 37 | 45.3 |
| 2nd Class | 44 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 38 | 56 | 47.3 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 42 | 53 | 48 | 45 | 41 | 46.2 |
| 4th Class | 61 | 49 | 39 | 58 | 51 | 44 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 58 | 49 | 44 | 60 | 52 | 53.3 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 59 | 58 | 52 | 44 | 60 | 54.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
45 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 47 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2024/25
- 47Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
35 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 37 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 371st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 511st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 41 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 34Senior Infants2022/23
- 431st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 413rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
37 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2020/21
- 41Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 461st Class2021/22
- 472nd Class2022/23
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 584th Class2023/24
- 605th Class2024/25
- 606th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
44 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 442nd Class2020/21
- 423rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 446th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 494th Class2021/22
- 495th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
61 in 4th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 614th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 586th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +194th Class in 2023/24 (39 to 58)
- −17Senior Infants in 2024/25 (49 to 32)
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 na Scairte Leithe, 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
31teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes and an early intervention class 5
23.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 23.66 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. 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 na Scairte Leithe, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N na Scairte LeitheThis school | – | 378 |
−7.1%
|
|
| 1 | Cloyne National School2.6 km · Cloyne | 2.6 km | 275 |
−0.7%
|
| 2 | Midleton Convent N S4.3 km · Midleton | 4.3 km | 291 |
−53.4%
|
| 3 | Midleton CBS Primary School4.4 km · Midleton · Boys | 4.4 km | 191 |
−38.2%
|
| 4 | S N Ath Fhada4.7 km · Midleton | 4.7 km | 304 |
−7.3%
|
| 5 | Walterstown N S5.1 km · Cobh | 5.1 km | 183 |
+4.6%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann5.1 km · Mainitir na Corann · Gaelscoil | 5.1 km | 550 |
+19.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Denise O'Donovan
- Phone
- 0214652094
- [email protected]
- Address
- Saleen, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 K286
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- 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
- Midleton–Carrigtwohill
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 | 378 | 186 | 192 | 41 | 47 | 37 | 56 | 41 | 44 | 52 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | 391 | 186 | 205 | 45 | 32 | 51 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 44 |
| 2023/24 | 402 | 190 | 212 | 35 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 48 | 58 | 44 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 395 | 192 | 203 | 40 | 34 | 45 | 47 | 53 | 39 | 49 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 404 | 196 | 208 | 30 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 428 | 204 | 224 | 37 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 61 | 57 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 458 | 209 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 455 | 205 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 426 | 186 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 434 | 186 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 407 | 179 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 396 | 171 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 348 | 146 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 323 | 135 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 317 | 137 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 294 | 129 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 296 | 127 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 251 | 113 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 238 | 107 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 196 | 83 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 176 | 73 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 172 | 68 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 139 | 53 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 121 | 50 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 119 | 52 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 114 | 54 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 120 | 53 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 111 | 48 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 117 | 57 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 118 | 57 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 114 | 62 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 119 | 54 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 116 | 49 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 89 | 30 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 84 | 34 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 82 | 32 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 83 | 34 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 91 | 37 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 94 | 39 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 101 | 44 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |