S N Barra Naofa Bhuach
Cork · Roll number 19231A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 280
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 9 from 289 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 280
- 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
280 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 | 32 | 43 | 43 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 33.0 |
| Senior Infants | 37 | 29 | 39 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 34.0 |
| 1st Class | 43 | 37 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 30 | 37.0 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 42 | 40 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 37.5 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 28 | 42 | 41 | 31 | 37 | 35.7 |
| 4th Class | 49 | 35 | 28 | 43 | 41 | 31 | 37.8 |
| 5th Class | 39 | 49 | 36 | 30 | 46 | 39 | 39.8 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 37 | 50 | 35 | 30 | 45 | 37.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 29 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 29Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
43 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2022/23
- 42Senior Infants2023/24
- 461st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
43 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2021/22
- 39Senior Infants2022/23
- 381st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 29Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 292nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
37 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 37Senior Infants2020/21
- 371st Class2021/22
- 402nd Class2022/23
- 413rd Class2023/24
- 414th Class2024/25
- 395th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
43 in 1st Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 431st Class2020/21
- 422nd Class2021/22
- 423rd Class2022/23
- 434th Class2023/24
- 465th Class2024/25
- 456th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 354th Class2021/22
- 365th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
49 in 4th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 494th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 506th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
39 in 5th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 395th Class2020/21
- 376th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +165th Class in 2024/25 (30 to 46)
- −161st Class in 2025/26 (46 to 30)
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 Barra Naofa Bhuach, 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
21.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.83 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 Barra Naofa Bhuach, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Barra Naofa BhuachThis school | – | 280 |
−3.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Barra Naofa Cailini0.1 km · Cork | 0.1 km | 316 |
+21.1%
|
| 2 | Ballintemple N S0.9 km · Cork | 0.9 km | 250 |
+12.1%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Micheal0.9 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 102 |
+126.7%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ursula1.2 km · Blackrock · DEIS | 1.2 km | 182 |
+11.7%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Antaine1.3 km · Cork · Boys | 1.3 km | 581 |
−29.5%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Brid C1.4 km · Cork · Girls | 1.4 km | 374 |
−31.6%
|
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
- Fiona Meehan
- Phone
- 0214293387
- [email protected]
- Address
- Beaumont, Cork, T12 A564
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
- Ballintemple–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 | 280 | 0 | 280 | 22 | 29 | 30 | 47 | 37 | 31 | 39 | 45 |
| 2024/25 | 289 | – | 289 | 29 | 28 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 41 | 46 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 287 | 0 | 287 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 29 | 41 | 43 | 30 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 306 | – | 306 | 43 | 39 | 28 | 40 | 42 | 28 | 36 | 50 |
| 2021/22 | 300 | – | 300 | 43 | 29 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 35 | 49 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | 292 | – | 292 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 29 | 35 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 292 | – | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 289 | – | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 288 | – | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 299 | 0 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 289 | 0 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 255 | 0 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 244 | 0 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 253 | 0 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 254 | 0 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 261 | 0 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 275 | 0 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 275 | 0 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 281 | 0 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 287 | 0 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 256 | 0 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 248 | 0 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 251 | 0 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 265 | 0 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 261 | – | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 272 | – | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 292 | 0 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 297 | 0 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 311 | – | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 350 | – | 350 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 364 | – | 364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 529 | 0 | 529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 552 | 0 | 552 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 569 | 0 | 569 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 574 | 0 | 574 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 627 | 0 | 627 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 614 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 584 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |