Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine
Cork · Roll number 19714U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 195
- −16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −30%
- Down 84 from 279 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 99 / 96
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1980
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
195 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 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 22.7 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 22.8 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 24.0 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25.5 |
| 3rd Class | 18 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 25.7 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 18 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 29.0 |
| 5th Class | 37 | 40 | 15 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 29.5 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 33 | 30 | 29.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st 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
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 291st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 323rd Class2021/22
- 334th Class2022/23
- 345th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
18 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 183rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 155th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 405th Class2021/22
- 386th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
37 in 5th Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 375th Class2020/21
- 366th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +195th Class in 2023/24 (15 to 34)
- −254th Class in 2021/22 (43 to 18)
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 ar Chnoc hAoine, 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
24.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers217.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and a mild general learning disability class 4
13.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 27 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.3 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 15.24 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 ar Chnoc hAoine, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoineThis school | – | 195 |
−30.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Padre Pio N S1.0 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.0 km | 264 |
+4.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Iosagain1.6 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 1.6 km | 222 |
−39.8%
|
| 3 | S N Iosef Naofa1.6 km · Cork · Boys | 1.6 km | 215 |
+1.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Colmcille1.7 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.7 km | 264 |
+23.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil Aiseiri Chriost1.7 km · Cork · Girls · DEIS | 1.7 km | 232 |
−35.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior1.8 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.8 km | 207 |
+29.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Maura Fennessy
- Phone
- 0214392507
- [email protected]
- Address
- Knocknaheeny, Cork, T23 AH26
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
- Gurranbraher–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
36 school years from 1980/81 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 195 | 99 | 96 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 211 | 104 | 107 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 108 | 103 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 232 | 117 | 115 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | 253 | 118 | 135 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 40 | 36 |
| 2020/21 | 244 | 112 | 132 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 43 | 37 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 255 | 128 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 257 | 124 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 265 | 123 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 269 | 128 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 279 | 131 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 279 | 137 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 277 | 137 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 306 | 150 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 313 | 143 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 323 | 147 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 356 | 165 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 359 | 162 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 382 | 171 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 378 | 161 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 393 | 165 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 413 | 180 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 413 | 183 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 441 | 203 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 457 | 203 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 483 | 217 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 484 | 226 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 488 | 226 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 541 | 261 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 564 | 284 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 598 | 295 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 618 | 303 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 669 | 317 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 557 | 282 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 356 | 181 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 80 | 43 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |