Gaelscoil Bheanntrai
Beanntraí · Roll number 20001N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 119
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 30 from 149 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 56 / 63
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1994
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
119 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 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13.8 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 14.8 |
| 1st Class | 19 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 15.8 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 17.3 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 18.0 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19.0 |
| 5th Class | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20.2 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
10 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 11 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Junior Infants2024/25
- 11Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 11 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 111st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 192nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 171st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
19 in 1st Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 191st Class2020/21
- 172nd Class2021/22
- 173rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 176th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 184th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 186th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
23 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 235th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2021/22 (12 to 22)
- −10Junior Infants in 2021/22 (22 to 12)
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 Gaelscoil Bheanntrai, 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
8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers50 hours of support teaching a week 2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 4 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3 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 Gaelscoil Bheanntrai, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil BheanntraiThis school | – | 119 |
−20.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire agus Bharra0.5 km · Bantry | 0.5 km | 330 | – |
| 2 | St Brendans National School1.0 km · Bantry · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 26 |
+36.8%
|
| 3 | S N an Droma Mhoir6.3 km · Bantry | 6.3 km | 68 |
+6.2%
|
| 4 | Coomhola N S7.6 km · Bantry | 7.6 km | 85 |
−16.7%
|
| 5 | Drumclugh N S7.9 km · Bantry | 7.9 km | 51 |
+30.8%
|
| 6 | Carrigboy N S8.0 km · Bantry | 8.0 km | 82 |
−3.5%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Helena Ní Bhraoin
- Phone
- 02751966
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Seisceann, Beanntraí, Co. Chorcaí, P75 VE44
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
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Bantry
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
32 school years from 1994/95 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 119 | 56 | 63 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 121 | 55 | 66 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 132 | 61 | 71 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 69 | 76 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 150 | 74 | 76 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 160 | 79 | 81 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 156 | 82 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 162 | 88 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 169 | 94 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 165 | 86 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 149 | 80 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 156 | 83 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 154 | 82 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 153 | 79 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 140 | 72 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 140 | 72 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 133 | 62 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 141 | 73 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 153 | 79 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 146 | 75 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 150 | 83 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 144 | 80 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 158 | 85 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 141 | 78 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 158 | 83 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 148 | 74 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 130 | 66 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 103 | 54 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 93 | 45 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 68 | 28 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 43 | 16 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 35 | 13 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |