Scoil Naomh Mhuire C
Ballincollig · Roll number 17755B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 437
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 23 from 414 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 437 / 0
- 100% 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
437 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 | 55 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 46.8 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 50 | 43 | 49.2 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 58 | 49 | 58 | 45 | 50 | 52.8 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 55 | 59 | 49 | 63 | 47 | 54.7 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 60 | 58 | 63 | 51 | 66 | 59.7 |
| 4th Class | 50 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 67 | 50 | 58.7 |
| 5th Class | 56 | 51 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 67 | 60.5 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 56 | 54 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 60.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
45 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2023/24
- 50Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 66 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 581st Class2023/24
- 632nd Class2024/25
- 663rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 492nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 67 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 592nd Class2022/23
- 633rd Class2023/24
- 674th Class2024/25
- 675th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 583rd Class2022/23
- 634th Class2023/24
- 625th Class2024/25
- 656th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2024/25): 10 pupils more.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 603rd Class2021/22
- 634th Class2022/23
- 655th Class2023/24
- 656th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 625th Class2022/23
- 646th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
50 in 4th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 504th Class2020/21
- 515th Class2021/22
- 546th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
56 in 5th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 565th Class2020/21
- 566th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +153rd Class in 2025/26 (51 to 66)
- −174th Class in 2025/26 (67 to 50)
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 Scoil Naomh Mhuire C, 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
24.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.33 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 Scoil Naomh Mhuire C, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire CThis school | – | 437 |
+5.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Eoin B0.2 km · Ballincollig · Boys | 0.2 km | 352 |
−10.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Barra1.0 km · Ballincollig | 1.0 km | 449 |
−15.1%
|
| 3 | Gael Scoil Ui Riordain1.1 km · Baile an Chollaigh · Gaelscoil | 1.1 km | 724 |
+7.6%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin2.2 km · Baile an Chollaigh · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 2.2 km | 205 | – |
| 5 | Clogheen MXD N S3.2 km · Kerry Pike | 3.2 km | 181 |
+10.4%
|
| 6 | Cloghroe Mixed N S3.8 km · Cloghroe | 3.8 km | 537 |
+0.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Liz Uí Bheinéid
- Phone
- 0214870809
- [email protected]
- Address
- Pine Walk, Ballincollig, P31 N265
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- 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 City Council
- Planning area
- Ballincollig
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 | 437 | 437 | 0 | 49 | 43 | 50 | 47 | 66 | 50 | 67 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 447 | 447 | – | 42 | 50 | 45 | 63 | 51 | 67 | 62 | 65 |
| 2023/24 | 454 | 454 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 58 | 49 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 64 |
| 2022/23 | 441 | 441 | – | 41 | 53 | 49 | 59 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 54 |
| 2021/22 | 442 | 442 | – | 55 | 48 | 58 | 55 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 56 |
| 2020/21 | 439 | 439 | – | 49 | 56 | 57 | 55 | 60 | 50 | 56 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 450 | 450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 437 | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 428 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 443 | 443 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 414 | 414 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 411 | 411 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 400 | 400 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 404 | 404 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 402 | 402 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 401 | 401 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 386 | 386 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 391 | 391 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 398 | 398 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 384 | 384 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 387 | 387 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 386 | 386 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 410 | 410 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 424 | 424 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 458 | 458 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 463 | 463 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 483 | 483 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 511 | 511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 534 | 534 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 573 | 573 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 608 | 608 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 645 | 645 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 672 | 672 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 802 | 802 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 752 | 752 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 684 | 684 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 601 | 601 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 555 | 555 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 511 | 511 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 413 | 413 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |