Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis
Magh Ealla · Roll number 19886D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 412
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +10%
- Up 37 from 375 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 204 / 208
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
412 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 | 53 | 57 | 50 | 47 | 38 | 56 | 50.2 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 55 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 38 | 51.2 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 61 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 45 | 53.2 |
| 2nd Class | 48 | 47 | 62 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 53.3 |
| 3rd Class | 44 | 47 | 48 | 62 | 55 | 54 | 51.7 |
| 4th Class | 59 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 63 | 52 | 52.2 |
| 5th Class | 60 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 63 | 53.5 |
| 6th Class | 46 | 59 | 58 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 50.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
50 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 50Junior Infants2022/23
- 51Senior Infants2023/24
- 521st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
57 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 54 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 57Junior Infants2021/22
- 55Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 552nd Class2024/25
- 543rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 561st Class2022/23
- 552nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 63 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 611st Class2021/22
- 622nd Class2022/23
- 623rd Class2023/24
- 634th Class2024/25
- 635th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 514th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
48 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 482nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 464th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 486th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
44 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 443rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 415th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
59 in 4th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 594th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 586th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
60 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 605th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2025/26 (38 to 56)
- −174th Class in 2021/22 (59 to 42)
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 Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis, 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
22teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
6.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.1 special education teachers and 6.16 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 Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gael Scoil Thomais DaibhisThis school | – | 412 |
+9.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Ghobnatan0.6 km · Mallow · DEIS | 0.6 km | 470 |
−19.1%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School1.5 km · Mallow · Boys | 1.5 km | 212 |
+1.0%
|
| 3 | Mallow Community National School1.8 km · Mallow · Multi-denominational | 1.8 km | 202 |
+197.1%
|
| 4 | Convent Girls Senior National School2.0 km · Mallow | 2.0 km | 246 |
−17.4%
|
| 5 | S N Iosagain2.0 km · Mallow | 2.0 km | 133 |
−30.0%
|
| 6 | S N Rathain3.4 km · Mallow | 3.4 km | 125 |
+123.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Máire Ní Mhainnín
- Phone
- 02242709
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cnoc an tSamhraidh, Magh Ealla, Co. Chorcaí, P51 EY22
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Mallow
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 412 | 204 | 208 | 56 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 63 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 409 | 194 | 215 | 38 | 47 | 52 | 55 | 55 | 63 | 51 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 410 | 196 | 214 | 47 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 62 | 51 | 48 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 416 | 203 | 213 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 62 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 426 | 210 | 216 | 57 | 55 | 61 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 58 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 421 | 209 | 212 | 53 | 61 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 59 | 60 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 428 | 214 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 417 | 213 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 398 | 197 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 388 | 195 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 375 | 187 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 348 | 166 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 325 | 155 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 299 | 136 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 265 | 121 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 252 | 113 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 245 | 104 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 237 | 102 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 250 | 106 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 246 | 112 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 219 | 100 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 213 | 101 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 204 | 99 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 203 | 97 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 187 | 94 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 191 | 89 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 158 | 77 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 155 | 71 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 165 | 73 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 168 | 74 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 178 | 69 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 183 | 72 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 187 | 77 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |