Scoil Mhuire na nGrast
Belgooly · Roll number 19672H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 363
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −2%
- Down 8 from 371 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 198 / 165
- 55% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
363 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 | 45 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 45 | 36 | 41.3 |
| Senior Infants | 44 | 46 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 42.8 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 46 | 45 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 45.3 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 57 | 46 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 42.8 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 31 | 58 | 46 | 45 | 37 | 44.2 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 47 | 32 | 57 | 46 | 47 | 47.2 |
| 5th Class | 42 | 57 | 46 | 31 | 56 | 50 | 47.0 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 42 | 60 | 49 | 30 | 60 | 50.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
45 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 45Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 39Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
35 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 381st Class2023/24
- 372nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 452nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 474th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 44Senior Infants2020/21
- 461st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 464th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 583rd Class2022/23
- 574th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 606th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 465th Class2022/23
- 496th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 575th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
42 in 5th Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 425th Class2020/21
- 426th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +306th Class in 2025/26 (30 to 60)
- −196th Class in 2024/25 (49 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 Scoil Mhuire na nGrast, 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
23teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8 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 na nGrast, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire na nGrastThis school | – | 363 |
−2.2%
|
|
| 1 | Kinsale N S4.1 km · Kinsale · Church of Ireland | 4.1 km | 54 |
−50.9%
|
| 2 | S N Chobh Chionn Tsaile4.7 km · Kinsale | 4.7 km | 213 |
−5.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Eltin5.0 km · Kinsale | 5.0 km | 401 |
+76.7%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile5.2 km · Cionn tSáile · Gaelscoil | 5.2 km | 145 |
−31.9%
|
| 5 | Dundar Mhuighe N S7.3 km · Kinsale | 7.3 km | 175 |
−30.8%
|
| 6 | Ballyheeda N S7.7 km · Ballinhassig | 7.7 km | 158 |
−7.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Diarmuid Hennessy
- Phone
- 0214770712
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lacknacummeen, Belgooly, Co. Cork, P17 XT32
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 County Council
- Planning area
- Kinsale
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
37 school years from 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 363 | 198 | 165 | 36 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 47 | 50 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | 352 | 195 | 157 | 45 | 47 | 40 | 37 | 45 | 46 | 56 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 358 | 195 | 163 | 48 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 46 | 57 | 31 | 49 |
| 2022/23 | 361 | 186 | 175 | 39 | 35 | 45 | 46 | 58 | 32 | 46 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 361 | 186 | 175 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 57 | 31 | 47 | 57 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | 381 | 203 | 178 | 45 | 44 | 58 | 30 | 48 | 54 | 42 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 383 | 198 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 387 | 205 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 368 | 187 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 378 | 189 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 371 | 187 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 348 | 175 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 346 | 165 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 340 | 154 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 320 | 148 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 321 | 145 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 329 | 149 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 320 | 145 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 295 | 131 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 275 | 126 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 255 | 117 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 238 | 110 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 227 | 110 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 209 | 98 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 210 | 94 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 198 | 84 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 195 | 89 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 202 | 90 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 201 | 92 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 205 | 101 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 106 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 245 | 124 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 237 | 122 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 238 | 106 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 225 | 106 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 211 | 95 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 187 | 86 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |