Scoil Chroí Íosa
Blarney · Roll number 20399W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 286
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −1%
- Down 3 from 289 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 155 / 131
- 54% girls
Pupils since 2012
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
286 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 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 36 | 19 | 34 | 33.7 |
| Senior Infants | 31 | 33 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 34.3 |
| 1st Class | 39 | 34 | 34 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 38.3 |
| 2nd Class | 37 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 37.0 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 35.5 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 28 | 40 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 37.0 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 43 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 37 | 39.8 |
| 6th Class | 44 | 54 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 36 | 40.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
36 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 39 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2023/24
- 38Senior Infants2024/25
- 391st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 43 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 431st Class2024/25
- 432nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 40 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 403rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 342nd Class2023/24
- 343rd Class2024/25
- 354th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 37 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 31Senior Infants2020/21
- 341st Class2021/22
- 352nd Class2022/23
- 353rd Class2023/24
- 384th Class2024/25
- 375th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
39 in 1st Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 391st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 353rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 366th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
37 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 372nd Class2020/21
- 393rd Class2021/22
- 404th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 356th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2025/26 (19 to 34)
- −184th Class in 2021/22 (46 to 28)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2012/13 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, 2012/13 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Chroí Íosa, 2012/13 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
20.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor a speech and language class 1
6.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 7 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.16 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2012/13
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 Scoil Chroí Íosa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chroí ÍosaThis school | – | 286 |
−1.0%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Mhuscraí0.6 km · An Bhlárna · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 195 |
+29.1%
|
| 2 | Strawberry Hill National School1.9 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.9 km | 315 | – |
| 3 | Clogheen MXD N S3.0 km · Kerry Pike | 3.0 km | 181 |
+10.4%
|
| 4 | Cloghroe Mixed N S3.6 km · Cloghroe | 3.6 km | 537 |
+0.4%
|
| 5 | S N Mhuire5.0 km · Cork | 5.0 km | 316 |
−14.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Barra5.5 km · Ballincollig | 5.5 km | 449 |
−15.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Michael Foley
- Phone
- 0214385865
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Anne's Road, Blarney, Co. Cork, T23 E722
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 City Council
- Planning area
- Blarney
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
14 school years from 2012/13 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 286 | 155 | 131 | 34 | 22 | 39 | 43 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 287 | 150 | 137 | 19 | 38 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 38 | 35 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 296 | 153 | 143 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 305 | 161 | 144 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 29 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 310 | 152 | 158 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 28 | 43 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 327 | 161 | 166 | 36 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 46 | 57 | 44 |
| 2019/20 | 313 | 151 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 315 | 153 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 303 | 147 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 292 | 147 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 289 | 145 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 280 | 136 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 284 | 149 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 286 | 151 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |