Gaelscoile Cobh
Cobh · Roll number 19899M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 46
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −75%
- Down 135 from 181 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 26 / 20
- 57% 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
46 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 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9.3 |
| 1st Class | 13 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9.5 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 11.0 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 13.2 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 13.8 |
| 5th Class | 23 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15.8 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 17.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
4 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 5 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 4Junior Infants2024/25
- 5Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
8 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 8Junior Infants2023/24
- 6Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
6 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 4 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 6Junior Infants2022/23
- 5Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 42nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
14 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2021/22
- 14Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 31st Class2022/23
- 32nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 14th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 5th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 191st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 173rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 125th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
13 in 1st Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 131st Class2020/21
- 112nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 94th Class2023/24
- 35th Class2024/25
- 36th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 174th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 195th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
23 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 235th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +111st Class in 2023/24 (3 to 14)
- −18Senior Infants in 2021/22 (22 to 4)
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 Gaelscoile Cobh, 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
5.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 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 teachers52.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.1
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers and 2.5 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 Gaelscoile Cobh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoile CobhThis school | – | 46 |
−74.6%
|
|
| 1 | Cobh N S0.3 km · Cobh · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.3 km | 15 |
−50.0%
|
| 2 | S N Seosamh Cobh0.4 km · Cobh | 0.4 km | 261 |
−27.5%
|
| 3 | St Marys National School0.6 km · Cobh · Girls | 0.6 km | 248 |
−26.0%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh2.0 km · Cobh | 2.0 km | 679 |
−8.4%
|
| 5 | Monkstown N S3.3 km · Monkstown | 3.3 km | 194 |
−11.0%
|
| 6 | Walterstown N S3.8 km · Cobh | 3.8 km | 183 |
+4.6%
|
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
- DONAL B O DUINNSHLEIBHE
- Phone
- 0214811283
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cobh, Co Chorcai, P24 AF83
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
- Cobh
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 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 88 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 109 | 58 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 131 | 70 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 151 | 76 | 75 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 170 | 82 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 172 | 82 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 183 | 88 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 189 | 94 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 181 | 90 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 180 | 91 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 188 | 91 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 179 | 90 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 170 | 85 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 180 | 91 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 176 | 96 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 160 | 87 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 163 | 89 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 153 | 86 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 148 | 85 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 126 | 68 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 116 | 64 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 100 | 55 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 108 | 61 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 100 | 54 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 111 | 58 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 116 | 58 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 122 | 52 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 142 | 57 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 143 | 56 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 146 | 59 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 135 | 58 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |