Gaelscoil Droichead na Banndan
Droichead na Banndan · Roll number 20025E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 157
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 3 from 154 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 70 / 87
- 45% 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
157 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 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 21.7 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 21.8 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 21.2 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 21.8 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 21.3 |
| 4th Class | 21 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 20.8 |
| 5th Class | 18 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20.3 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 233rd 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
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 193rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 204th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 196th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 195th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
21 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 214th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
18 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 185th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +6Junior Infants in 2024/25 (16 to 22)
- −101st Class in 2025/26 (24 to 14)
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 Droichead na Banndan, 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
13.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers52.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.75 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 Droichead na Banndan, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Droichead na BanndanThis school | – | 157 |
+1.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Droichead na Bandan1.1 km · Bandon · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 170 |
−18.7%
|
| 2 | Bandon Primary School1.2 km · Bandon | 1.2 km | 401 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Bhride3.1 km · Bandon | 3.1 km | 187 |
−15.0%
|
| 4 | Castlealack N S4.3 km · Bandon | 4.3 km | 56 |
−21.1%
|
| 5 | Laragh N S4.5 km · Bandon | 4.5 km | 174 |
+8.8%
|
| 6 | S N Inis Eoghanain5.8 km · Co.Chorcaí | 5.8 km | 295 |
+2.4%
|
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
- Mairéad Áine Ní Úrdail
- Phone
- 0238843378
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cloch Mhic Shíomoin, Droichead na Banndan, Co. Chorcaí, P72 T922
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- 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
- Bandon
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 | 157 | 70 | 87 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 74 | 93 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 80 | 90 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 176 | 85 | 91 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 175 | 86 | 89 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 172 | 84 | 88 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 178 | 93 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 176 | 98 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 168 | 94 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 159 | 89 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 154 | 88 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 142 | 78 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 142 | 79 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 120 | 62 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 104 | 54 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 109 | 58 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 119 | 68 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 68 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 124 | 72 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 123 | 70 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 122 | 69 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 125 | 76 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 124 | 76 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 142 | 85 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 194 | 98 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 191 | 89 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 144 | 69 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 131 | 63 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 104 | 47 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 68 | 30 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 39 | 19 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |