S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School
Mallow · Roll number 17887S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 212
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1%
- Up 2 from 210 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 212
- 0% 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
212 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 31 | 35 | 43 | 32 | 29 | 34.0 |
| 2nd Class | 32 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 34.8 |
| 3rd Class | 42 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 36.3 |
| 4th Class | 55 | 43 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 38 | 38.0 |
| 5th Class | 44 | 53 | 45 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 38.5 |
| 6th Class | 35 | 45 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 32 | 40.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in 1st Class (2024/25), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 321st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
43 in 1st Class (2023/24), 43 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 431st Class2023/24
- 392nd Class2024/25
- 433rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
35 in 1st Class (2022/23), 38 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 351st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 373rd Class2024/25
- 384th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
31 in 1st Class (2021/22), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 311st Class2021/22
- 322nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 333rd Class2022/23
- 334th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 326th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
32 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 322nd Class2020/21
- 323rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
42 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 423rd Class2020/21
- 434th Class2021/22
- 455th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
55 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 554th Class2020/21
- 535th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
44 in 5th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 445th Class2020/21
- 456th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2021/22 (35 to 45)
- −175th Class in 2023/24 (45 to 28)
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 Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School, 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
16.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers142.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.5 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. 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 Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior SchoolThis school | – | 212 |
+1.0%
|
|
| 1 | Convent Girls Senior National School0.5 km · Mallow | 0.5 km | 246 |
−17.4%
|
| 2 | S N Iosagain0.5 km · Mallow | 0.5 km | 133 |
−30.0%
|
| 3 | Mallow Community National School0.7 km · Mallow · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 202 |
+197.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ghobnatan1.1 km · Mallow · DEIS | 1.1 km | 470 |
−19.1%
|
| 5 | Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis1.5 km · Magh Ealla · Gaelscoil | 1.5 km | 412 |
+9.9%
|
| 6 | S N Rathain3.6 km · Mallow | 3.6 km | 125 |
+123.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Mr. Kieran Lynch
- Phone
- 02222368
- [email protected]
- Address
- New Road, Mallow, P51 TD30
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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 | 212 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 209 | – | 209 | – | – | 32 | 39 | 37 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 0 | 224 | – | – | 43 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | – | 240 | – | – | 35 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 45 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 247 | – | 247 | – | – | 31 | 34 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 45 |
| 2020/21 | 248 | – | 248 | – | – | 34 | 32 | 42 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| 2019/20 | 264 | – | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 275 | – | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 261 | – | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 235 | 0 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 210 | 0 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 208 | 0 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 199 | 0 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 189 | 0 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 190 | 0 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 191 | 0 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 181 | 0 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 172 | 0 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 169 | 0 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 175 | 0 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 170 | 0 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 178 | 0 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 187 | 0 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 176 | 0 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 167 | 0 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 173 | 0 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 174 | – | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 194 | 8 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 8 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 248 | – | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 308 | – | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 503 | 0 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 516 | 0 | 516 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 541 | 0 | 541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 515 | 0 | 515 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 498 | 0 | 498 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 486 | 0 | 486 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 493 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |