Scoil Chaitigheirn
Beara · Roll number 19507P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 62
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −35%
- Down 34 from 96 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 28 / 34
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
62 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 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7.3 |
| Senior Infants | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7.5 |
| 1st Class | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 7.5 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 3rd Class | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9.3 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9.0 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10.5 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
11 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 11 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2024/25
- 11Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 2 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 2Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 22nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
13 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 16 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 162nd Class2024/25
- 163rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 51st Class2022/23
- 52nd Class2023/24
- 43rd Class2024/25
- 44th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 2Senior Infants2020/21
- 21st Class2021/22
- 22nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 55th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
8 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 81st Class2020/21
- 82nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 95th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 123rd Class2021/22
- 124th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 136th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
12 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 123rd Class2020/21
- 114th Class2021/22
- 105th Class2022/23
- 106th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Junior Infants in 2023/24 (1 to 13)
- −151st Class in 2024/25 (16 to 1)
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 Chaitigheirn, 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
5.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3 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 Scoil Chaitigheirn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ChaitigheirnThis school | – | 62 |
−35.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N Oir Cheann3.9 km · Eyeries | 3.9 km | 17 |
−32.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil an Croi Ro Naofa5.3 km · Castletownbere · DEIS | 5.3 km | 195 |
+0.5%
|
| 3 | Mhichil Naofa8.0 km · Bere Island · DEIS · Island | 8.0 km | 21 |
+16.7%
|
| 4 | Cahermore New Central School12.2 km · Beara · DEIS | 12.2 km | 55 |
+17.0%
|
| 5 | Crochan Naofa N S13.5 km · Killarney | 13.5 km | 49 |
+6.5%
|
| 6 | Lauragh National School14.5 km · Lauragh Lower | 14.5 km | 17 |
+6.2%
|
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
- Micheál Lane
- Phone
- 02774053
- [email protected]
- Address
- Eyeries, Beara, Co. Cork, P75 E516
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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 County Council
- Planning area
- Castletownbere
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
38 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 72 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 70 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 65 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 77 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 76 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 84 | 38 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 100 | 47 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 103 | 46 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 99 | 46 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 96 | 46 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 92 | 46 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 86 | 41 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 95 | 45 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 86 | 39 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 92 | 38 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 91 | 39 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 89 | 43 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 98 | 46 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 103 | 46 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 108 | 50 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 115 | 52 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 115 | 55 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 108 | 50 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 107 | 45 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 106 | 40 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 95 | 37 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 89 | 37 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 92 | 36 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 87 | 38 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 86 | 41 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 90 | 43 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 104 | 50 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 100 | 51 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 103 | 47 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 93 | 46 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |