Bun Scoil Muire
Youghal · Roll number 20024C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 487
- −41 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 24 from 463 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 249 / 238
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1995
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
487 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 | 49 | 52 | 67 | 56 | 47 | 55 | 54.3 |
| Senior Infants | 76 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 55 | 50 | 59.0 |
| 1st Class | 68 | 77 | 59 | 54 | 66 | 54 | 63.0 |
| 2nd Class | 54 | 67 | 84 | 61 | 54 | 64 | 64.0 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 52 | 77 | 84 | 61 | 55 | 62.5 |
| 4th Class | 71 | 47 | 64 | 72 | 84 | 60 | 66.3 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 70 | 55 | 60 | 73 | 81 | 66.3 |
| 6th Class | 64 | 57 | 69 | 57 | 59 | 68 | 62.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
47 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 54 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 55Senior Infants2024/25
- 541st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
67 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 64 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 67Junior Infants2022/23
- 63Senior Infants2023/24
- 661st Class2024/25
- 642nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
52 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 55 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2021/22
- 58Senior Infants2022/23
- 541st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 553rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 52Senior Infants2021/22
- 591st Class2022/23
- 612nd Class2023/24
- 613rd Class2024/25
- 604th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
76 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 81 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 76Senior Infants2020/21
- 771st Class2021/22
- 842nd Class2022/23
- 843rd Class2023/24
- 844th Class2024/25
- 815th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
68 in 1st Class (2020/21), 68 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 681st Class2020/21
- 672nd Class2021/22
- 773rd Class2022/23
- 724th Class2023/24
- 735th Class2024/25
- 686th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
54 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 542nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 644th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 596th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2023/24): 11 pupils more.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 576th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
71 in 4th Class (2020/21), 69 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 714th Class2020/21
- 705th Class2021/22
- 696th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +253rd Class in 2022/23 (52 to 77)
- −24Senior Infants in 2021/22 (76 to 52)
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 Bun Scoil Muire, 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
39.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 40 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 23 mainstream classes 23
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers237.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.5
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes and an early intervention class 5
20.31 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.1 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 20.31 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 Bun Scoil Muire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bun Scoil MuireThis school | – | 487 |
+5.2%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Chorain,0.3 km · Eochaill · Gaelscoil | 0.3 km | 261 |
−22.1%
|
| 2 | South Abbey NS0.5 km · Youghal · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.5 km | 190 |
+75.9%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Parthalan3.2 km · Nr YOUGHAL | 3.2 km | 53 |
−15.9%
|
| 4 | Clonpriest N S5.7 km · Youghal | 5.7 km | 140 |
−4.8%
|
| 5 | Kyle N S6.8 km · Youghal · Multi-denominational | 6.8 km | 50 |
+61.3%
|
| 6 | S N an Chlais Mhor7.2 km · Clashmore · DEIS | 7.2 km | 76 |
−19.1%
|
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
- Eoghan Rua O'Neill
- Phone
- 02493234
- [email protected]
- Address
- O'Brien's Place, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 PR62
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- 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
- Youghal
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
31 school years from 1995/96 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 487 | 249 | 238 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 60 | 81 | 68 |
| 2024/25 | 528 | 262 | 266 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 54 | 61 | 84 | 73 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 530 | 265 | 265 | 56 | 63 | 54 | 61 | 84 | 72 | 60 | 57 |
| 2022/23 | 551 | 262 | 289 | 67 | 58 | 59 | 84 | 77 | 64 | 55 | 69 |
| 2021/22 | 486 | 227 | 259 | 52 | 52 | 77 | 67 | 52 | 47 | 70 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 499 | 234 | 265 | 49 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 46 | 71 | 59 | 64 |
| 2019/20 | 526 | 252 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 498 | 241 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 451 | 216 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 449 | 215 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 463 | 213 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 471 | 227 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 474 | 227 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 477 | 228 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 473 | 228 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 490 | 243 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 506 | 252 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 507 | 260 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 475 | 252 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 481 | 252 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 460 | 240 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 466 | 230 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 465 | 240 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 460 | 229 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 480 | 239 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 480 | 243 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 491 | 246 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 488 | 237 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 486 | 243 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 488 | 247 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 495 | 258 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |