Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile
Cionn tSáile · Roll number 20265B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 145
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −32%
- Down 68 from 213 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 64 / 81
- 44% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
145 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 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 16.2 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 17.7 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 19.3 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18.5 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 19.7 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 21.0 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 22.8 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 25.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 17 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 181st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
16 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 162nd Class2020/21
- 173rd Class2021/22
- 184th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 156th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +10Senior Infants in 2024/25 (14 to 24)
- −133rd Class in 2023/24 (26 to 13)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile, 2007/08 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
13teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 10 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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 Chionn tSáile, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Chionn tSáileThis school | – | 145 |
−31.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Eltin1.0 km · Kinsale | 1.0 km | 401 |
+76.7%
|
| 2 | Kinsale N S1.7 km · Kinsale · Church of Ireland | 1.7 km | 54 |
−50.9%
|
| 3 | S N Chobh Chionn Tsaile2.5 km · Kinsale | 2.5 km | 213 |
−5.3%
|
| 4 | Dundar Mhuighe N S4.4 km · Kinsale | 4.4 km | 175 |
−30.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire na nGrast5.2 km · Belgooly | 5.2 km | 363 |
−2.2%
|
| 6 | Ballinadee N S6.1 km · Bandon | 6.1 km | 95 |
−33.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Sinéad Ní Mhurchú
- Phone
- 0214773731
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Ceapach, Cionn tSáile, Co. Chorcaí, P17 VF84
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
- Kinsale
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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 145 | 64 | 81 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 68 | 77 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 71 | 82 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 76 | 93 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 176 | 83 | 93 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 180 | 85 | 95 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 200 | 95 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 220 | 107 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 218 | 112 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 219 | 111 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 213 | 106 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 212 | 107 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 189 | 94 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 163 | 80 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 131 | 60 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 92 | 46 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 60 | 28 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 40 | 22 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 20 | 11 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |