Scoil Phadraig Naofa
Rochestown · Roll number 20335T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 460
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 16 from 476 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 250 / 210
- 54% girls
Pupils since 2008
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
460 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 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 59.2 |
| Senior Infants | 57 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 58.5 |
| 1st Class | 60 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 58.7 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 59 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 58.3 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 59 | 58 | 57.0 |
| 4th Class | 64 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 55 | 59 | 57.8 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 54 | 57.2 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 55 | 60 | 54 | 56 | 55 | 56.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
60 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 60 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 60Junior Infants2024/25
- 60Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
60 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 58 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 60Junior Infants2023/24
- 58Senior Infants2024/25
- 581st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
60 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 60 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 60Junior Infants2022/23
- 59Senior Infants2023/24
- 591st Class2024/25
- 602nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
60 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 60Junior Infants2021/22
- 58Senior Infants2022/23
- 601st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 59Senior Infants2021/22
- 601st Class2022/23
- 602nd Class2023/24
- 593rd Class2024/25
- 594th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 57Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 552nd Class2022/23
- 553rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
60 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 601st Class2020/21
- 592nd Class2021/22
- 583rd Class2022/23
- 574th Class2023/24
- 585th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 563rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 565th Class2023/24
- 566th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 564th Class2021/22
- 575th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
64 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 644th Class2020/21
- 615th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 556th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +51st Class in 2022/23 (55 to 60)
- −84th Class in 2021/22 (64 to 56)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2008/09 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, 2008/09 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Phadraig Naofa, 2008/09 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
25.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers160 hours of support teaching a week 6.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.99 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2008/09
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 Phadraig Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Phadraig NaofaThis school | – | 460 |
−3.4%
|
|
| 1 | Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School1.6 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 1.6 km | 506 |
+532.5%
|
| 2 | St Lukes N S Douglas2.3 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 2.3 km | 203 |
−6.5%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Mhachan2.6 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 2.6 km | 139 |
−26.8%
|
| 4 | Douglas B N S2.6 km · Cork | 2.6 km | 353 |
−16.2%
|
| 5 | St Columbas N.S2.8 km · Douglas West | 2.8 km | 377 |
−14.1%
|
| 6 | S N Barra Naofa Bhuach2.8 km · Cork · Boys | 2.8 km | 280 |
−3.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Edward McCarthy
- Phone
- 0214368499
- [email protected]
- Address
- Foxwood, Rochestown, Co. Cork, T12 HX79
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
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork City Council
- Planning area
- South Suburbs–CorkCity
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
18 school years from 2008/09 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 460 | 250 | 210 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 54 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 465 | 242 | 223 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 58 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 461 | 237 | 224 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 57 | 56 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 464 | 232 | 232 | 60 | 58 | 60 | 55 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 461 | 219 | 242 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 59 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | 468 | 224 | 244 | 59 | 57 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 64 | 57 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 479 | 224 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 504 | 247 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 504 | 248 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 500 | 247 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 476 | 239 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 415 | 207 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 351 | 171 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 294 | 146 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 239 | 119 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 151 | 66 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 92 | 38 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 35 | 15 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |