St Marys Central School
Enniskeane · Roll number 19595P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 189
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −2%
- Down 3 from 192 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 94
- 50% 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
189 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 23.2 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 23.8 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 24.8 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25.0 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 25.8 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 25.7 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 25.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 19 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 19Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 251st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 222nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 326th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +86th Class in 2023/24 (24 to 32)
- −9Senior Infants in 2025/26 (28 to 19)
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 St Marys Central 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
11.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers72.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.9
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers and 2 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 St Marys Central School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Central SchoolThis school | – | 189 |
−1.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Baile Muine1.1 km · Ballineen · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 18 |
−48.6%
|
| 2 | S N Achadh Eochaille5.1 km · Enniskeane | 5.1 km | 66 |
+1.5%
|
| 3 | Kilcolman N S6.0 km · Enniskeane | 6.0 km | 29 |
−44.2%
|
| 4 | Newcestown N S6.9 km · Bandon | 6.9 km | 196 |
−9.3%
|
| 5 | S N Caipin7.3 km · Enniskeane | 7.3 km | 95 |
+4.4%
|
| 6 | Ballincarriga MXD N S7.7 km · Dunmanway | 7.7 km | 97 |
+32.9%
|
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
- Diarmuid Duggan
- Phone
- 0238847695
- [email protected]
- Address
- Enniskeane, Co Cork, P47 NP80
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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 County Council
- Planning area
- Bandon
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 | 189 | 95 | 94 | 24 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 102 | 91 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 212 | 109 | 103 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 204 | 106 | 98 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 206 | 100 | 106 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 206 | 109 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 208 | 107 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 208 | 104 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 204 | 101 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 192 | 96 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 181 | 92 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 188 | 98 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 192 | 104 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 190 | 106 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 180 | 102 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 185 | 102 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 182 | 106 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 179 | 98 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 184 | 93 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 175 | 89 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 166 | 85 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 169 | 83 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 178 | 90 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 175 | 87 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 186 | 88 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 185 | 84 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 178 | 86 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 197 | 93 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 222 | 100 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 229 | 107 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 243 | 111 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 245 | 109 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 238 | 108 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 241 | 108 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 244 | 106 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 238 | 99 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 237 | 99 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |