Rathcormac N S
Fermoy · Roll number 17609N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 432
- +6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +17%
- Up 63 from 369 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 194 / 238
- 45% 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
432 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 | 49 | 42 | 51 | 48 | 42 | 45 | 46.2 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 50 | 44 | 54 | 56 | 48 | 51.3 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 57 | 51 | 42 | 54 | 59 | 52.0 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 54 | 59 | 51 | 47 | 58 | 54.2 |
| 3rd Class | 62 | 56 | 53 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 56.0 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 61 | 57 | 54 | 61 | 56 | 57.2 |
| 5th Class | 69 | 54 | 62 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 59.5 |
| 6th Class | 63 | 68 | 57 | 66 | 56 | 56 | 61.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 48 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 48Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 59 in 1st Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2023/24
- 56Senior Infants2024/25
- 591st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
51 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 58 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 541st Class2024/25
- 582nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
42 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2021/22
- 44Senior Infants2022/23
- 421st Class2023/24
- 472nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 543rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 571st Class2021/22
- 592nd Class2022/23
- 613rd Class2023/24
- 614th Class2024/25
- 605th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 542nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 563rd Class2021/22
- 574th Class2022/23
- 565th Class2023/24
- 566th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
62 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 623rd Class2020/21
- 614th Class2021/22
- 625th Class2022/23
- 666th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 545th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
69 in 5th Class (2020/21), 68 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 695th Class2020/21
- 686th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +121st Class in 2024/25 (42 to 54)
- −155th Class in 2021/22 (69 to 54)
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 Rathcormac N S, 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
26.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers182.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.3
9 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers and 9 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 Rathcormac N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcormac N SThis school | – | 432 |
+17.1%
|
|
| 1 | Bartlemy N S3.7 km · Fermoy | 3.7 km | 89 |
−16.0%
|
| 2 | Castlelyons B N S3.8 km · Castlelyons | 3.8 km | 194 |
−10.2%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil de hIde5.8 km · Mainistir Fheatmaí · Gaelscoil | 5.8 km | 328 |
−20.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Freastogail Muire6.4 km · Fermoy | 6.4 km | 236 |
−21.9%
|
| 5 | Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National School6.6 km · Fermoy · Boys | 6.6 km | 112 |
+14.3%
|
| 6 | Fermoy Educate Together NS6.7 km · Fermoy · Multi-denominational | 6.7 km | 78 | – |
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
- Rory Gibbons
- Phone
- 02536616
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathcormac, Fermoy, Co. Cork, P61 ER24
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
- Fermoy
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 | 432 | 194 | 238 | 45 | 48 | 59 | 58 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 426 | 193 | 233 | 42 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 56 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 432 | 199 | 233 | 48 | 54 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 54 | 56 | 66 |
| 2022/23 | 434 | 210 | 224 | 51 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 442 | 213 | 229 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 54 | 68 |
| 2020/21 | 458 | 216 | 242 | 49 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 54 | 69 | 63 |
| 2019/20 | 441 | 212 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 424 | 216 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 413 | 203 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 400 | 195 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 369 | 180 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 339 | 164 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 303 | 152 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 281 | 146 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 259 | 136 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 250 | 128 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 225 | 119 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 218 | 116 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 211 | 116 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 186 | 97 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 155 | 89 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 132 | 74 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 135 | 74 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 119 | 61 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 121 | 59 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 120 | 54 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 104 | 46 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 92 | 40 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 90 | 34 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 90 | 33 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 94 | 40 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 94 | 40 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 95 | 36 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 140 | 58 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 125 | 50 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 117 | 48 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 112 | 45 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 111 | 44 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 108 | 43 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 120 | 52 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |