Scoil Mhuire gan Smal B
Cork · Roll number 17993R
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 403
- −19 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +14%
- Up 49 from 354 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 403
- 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
403 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 | 46 | 48 | 41 | 44 | 38 | 41 | 43.0 |
| Senior Infants | 63 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 48.5 |
| 1st Class | 47 | 65 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 50.5 |
| 2nd Class | 65 | 47 | 70 | 56 | 48 | 47 | 55.5 |
| 3rd Class | 52 | 62 | 49 | 73 | 54 | 53 | 57.2 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 52 | 71 | 48 | 71 | 57 | 57.0 |
| 5th Class | 52 | 43 | 55 | 71 | 47 | 67 | 55.8 |
| 6th Class | 53 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 66 | 54 | 53.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 42 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 42Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 42 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 421st 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
- 48Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
48 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 482nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 543rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
63 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 67 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 63Senior Infants2020/21
- 651st Class2021/22
- 702nd Class2022/23
- 733rd Class2023/24
- 714th Class2024/25
- 675th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
47 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 471st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 475th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
65 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 66 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 652nd Class2020/21
- 623rd Class2021/22
- 714th Class2022/23
- 715th Class2023/24
- 666th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
52 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 523rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
52 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 525th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +243rd Class in 2023/24 (49 to 73)
- −245th Class in 2024/25 (71 to 47)
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 Mhuire gan Smal B, 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
28.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers242.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
13.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 15.16 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 Mhuire gan Smal B, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal BThis school | – | 403 |
+13.8%
|
|
| 1 | Muire gan Smal C0.0 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.0 km | 297 |
+28.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Caitriona1.2 km · Cork · Girls | 1.2 km | 414 |
−5.7%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Ui Riada1.2 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 254 |
−4.2%
|
| 4 | S N Barra Naofa1.3 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 75 |
+8.7%
|
| 5 | Scoil Maria Assumpta1.3 km · Cork · Girls · DEIS | 1.3 km | 168 |
−4.0%
|
| 6 | Greenmount Monastery NS1.4 km · Greenmount · DEIS | 1.4 km | 240 |
−10.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Tim O'Neill
- Phone
- 0214544750
- [email protected]
- Address
- School Avenue, Glasheen Road, Cork, T12 V084
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
- Glasheen–CorkCity
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
40 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 | 403 | 0 | 403 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 67 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 422 | – | 422 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 48 | 54 | 71 | 47 | 66 |
| 2023/24 | 448 | 0 | 448 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 56 | 73 | 48 | 71 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 436 | – | 436 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 70 | 49 | 71 | 55 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | 422 | – | 422 | 48 | 48 | 65 | 47 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 427 | – | 427 | 46 | 63 | 47 | 65 | 52 | 43 | 52 | 53 |
| 2019/20 | 442 | – | 442 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 423 | – | 423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 388 | – | 388 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 368 | 0 | 368 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 354 | 0 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 328 | 0 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 320 | 0 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 302 | 0 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 282 | 0 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 287 | 0 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 286 | 0 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 283 | 0 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 281 | 0 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 262 | 0 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 244 | 0 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 239 | 0 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 245 | 0 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 232 | 0 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 246 | 0 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 249 | 0 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 241 | 0 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 254 | – | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 248 | 0 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 239 | 0 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 227 | – | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 229 | – | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 230 | – | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 539 | 0 | 539 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 581 | 0 | 581 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 613 | 0 | 613 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 657 | 0 | 657 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 699 | 0 | 699 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 716 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 718 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |