Scoil Chormaic
Balbriggan · Roll number 20269J
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 362
- −14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 65 from 427 in 2015/16. Opened in 2010/11, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 171 / 191
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2010
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
362 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 | 55 | 46 | 47 | 27 | 42 | 31 | 41.3 |
| Senior Infants | 50 | 57 | 42 | 41 | 32 | 45 | 44.5 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 53 | 54 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 46.7 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 55 | 52 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 47.3 |
| 3rd Class | 79 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 48 | 43 | 55.0 |
| 4th Class | 71 | 83 | 55 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 60.5 |
| 5th Class | 72 | 71 | 79 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 63.0 |
| 6th Class | 76 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 52 | 55 | 67.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 42 in 1st Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 421st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 38 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 41Senior Infants2023/24
- 391st Class2024/25
- 382nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 43 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 391st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 433rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 55Junior Infants2020/21
- 57Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 452nd Class2023/24
- 483rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 50Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 522nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 603rd Class2021/22
- 554th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
79 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 793rd Class2020/21
- 834th Class2021/22
- 795th Class2022/23
- 746th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
71 in 4th Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 714th Class2020/21
- 715th Class2021/22
- 746th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
72 in 5th Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 725th Class2020/21
- 716th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2024/25 (27 to 42)
- −284th Class in 2022/23 (83 to 55)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2010/11 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, 2010/11 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Chormaic, 2010/11 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
30.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers247.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.9
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
18.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 23 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 19.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2010/11
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 Scoil Chormaic, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ChormaicThis school | – | 362 |
−15.2%
|
|
| 1 | St Georges N S0.3 km · Balbriggan · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 339 |
−16.3%
|
| 2 | Balbriggan Educate Together NS0.8 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.8 km | 356 |
−10.8%
|
| 3 | S N Peadar agus Pol N1.1 km · Balbriggan | 1.1 km | 357 |
−24.5%
|
| 4 | St Molaga Senior NS1.4 km · Balbriggan | 1.4 km | 422 |
−5.6%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin1.6 km · Baile Brigín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 1.6 km | 306 |
−34.2%
|
| 6 | Bracken Educate Together NS1.6 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.6 km | 375 |
−8.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Deirdre Corcoran
- Phone
- 018416948
- [email protected]
- Address
- Scoil Chormaic CNS, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, K32 AX94
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Balbriggan
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
16 school years from 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 362 | 171 | 191 | 31 | 45 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 376 | 171 | 205 | 42 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 48 | 51 | 51 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 395 | 182 | 213 | 27 | 41 | 39 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 74 |
| 2022/23 | 466 | 227 | 239 | 47 | 42 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 79 | 74 |
| 2021/22 | 507 | 247 | 260 | 46 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 60 | 83 | 71 | 71 |
| 2020/21 | 522 | 252 | 270 | 55 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 79 | 71 | 72 | 76 |
| 2019/20 | 554 | 282 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 551 | 279 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 532 | 266 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 493 | 250 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 427 | 206 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 341 | 156 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 276 | 123 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 190 | 88 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 88 | 34 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 28 | 9 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |