S N Padraig Naofa
Whitechurch · Roll number 17667E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 324
- +12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 11 from 335 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 152 / 172
- 47% 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
324 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 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 38.3 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 38 | 39.7 |
| 1st Class | 42 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 40.7 |
| 2nd Class | 33 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 40.7 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 32 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 41.3 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 43 | 31 | 45 | 42 | 44 | 41.8 |
| 5th Class | 39 | 44 | 42 | 31 | 44 | 42 | 40.3 |
| 6th Class | 43 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 31 | 43 | 40.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
37 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 37Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
34 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 37 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2023/24
- 36Senior Infants2024/25
- 371st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
40 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 40 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 40Junior Infants2021/22
- 39Senior Infants2022/23
- 391st Class2023/24
- 402nd Class2024/25
- 403rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 43Junior Infants2020/21
- 42Senior Infants2021/22
- 421st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 423rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 441st Class2021/22
- 432nd Class2022/23
- 433rd Class2023/24
- 424th Class2024/25
- 425th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
42 in 1st Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 421st Class2020/21
- 442nd Class2021/22
- 453rd Class2022/23
- 454th Class2023/24
- 445th Class2024/25
- 436th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
33 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 332nd Class2020/21
- 323rd Class2021/22
- 314th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 434th Class2021/22
- 425th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 436th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
39 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 395th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +144th Class in 2023/24 (31 to 45)
- −143rd Class in 2021/22 (46 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 Padraig Naofa, 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
19.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers132.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.3
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.5 special education teachers and 6.5 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 S N Padraig Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Padraig NaofaThis school | – | 324 |
−3.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil an Athar Tadhg3.8 km · Carraig na bhFear · Some subjects through Irish | 3.8 km | 317 |
−10.2%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire5.3 km · Cork | 5.3 km | 316 |
−14.4%
|
| 3 | S N Rath Dubh5.7 km · Grenagh | 5.7 km | 197 |
−33.4%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Mhuscraí5.7 km · An Bhlárna · Gaelscoil | 5.7 km | 195 |
+29.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Chroí Íosa5.8 km · Blarney | 5.8 km | 286 |
−1.0%
|
| 6 | Strawberry Hill National School7.4 km · Cork · DEIS | 7.4 km | 315 | – |
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
- Maria Lynch
- Phone
- 0214884326
- [email protected]
- Address
- Farranastig, Whitechurch, Co. Cork, T34 AY74
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
- Blarney
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 | 324 | 152 | 172 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 42 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | 312 | 143 | 169 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 318 | 142 | 176 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 31 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 323 | 141 | 182 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 31 | 42 | 43 |
| 2021/22 | 328 | 144 | 184 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 32 | 43 | 44 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 335 | 157 | 178 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 33 | 46 | 46 | 39 | 43 |
| 2019/20 | 339 | 160 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 332 | 157 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 322 | 156 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 346 | 170 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 335 | 167 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 323 | 162 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 318 | 167 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 303 | 153 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 295 | 146 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 288 | 143 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 297 | 145 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 288 | 142 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 288 | 144 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 279 | 145 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 281 | 144 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 267 | 141 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 270 | 140 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 269 | 142 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 264 | 138 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 272 | 142 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 272 | 136 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 283 | 139 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 280 | 135 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 279 | 137 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 296 | 139 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 286 | 137 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 296 | 146 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 232 | 113 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 230 | 109 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 223 | 101 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 216 | 95 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 205 | 87 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 198 | 82 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 181 | 69 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |