Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School
Cork · Roll number 20413N
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 506
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +532%
- Up 426 from 80 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 258 / 248
- 51% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
506 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 | 64 | 68 | 47 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58.5 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 67 | 72 | 48 | 63 | 64 | 61.7 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 57 | 71 | 75 | 48 | 59 | 61.2 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 57 | 57 | 70 | 82 | 55 | 62.8 |
| 3rd Class | 57 | 57 | 58 | 52 | 79 | 83 | 64.3 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 58 | 57 | 66 | 55 | 76 | 61.7 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 58 | 51 | 56 | 59 | 56 | 51.5 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 28 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 47.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
58 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 64 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2024/25
- 64Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 59 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 63Senior Infants2024/25
- 591st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 55 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 48Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 552nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
68 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 83 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 68Junior Infants2021/22
- 72Senior Infants2022/23
- 751st Class2023/24
- 822nd Class2024/25
- 833rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
64 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 76 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2020/21
- 67Senior Infants2021/22
- 711st Class2022/23
- 702nd Class2023/24
- 793rd Class2024/25
- 764th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 571st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 583rd Class2022/23
- 664th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 573rd Class2021/22
- 574th Class2022/23
- 565th Class2023/24
- 576th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
57 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 573rd Class2020/21
- 584th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 576th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 586th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +306th Class in 2022/23 (28 to 58)
- −271st Class in 2024/25 (75 to 48)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School, 2013/14 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
32.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 33 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers190 hours of support teaching a week 7.6
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
15.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.2 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 15.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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 Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 506 |
+532.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Lukes N S Douglas1.0 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 203 |
−6.5%
|
| 2 | Douglas B N S1.2 km · Cork | 1.2 km | 353 |
−16.2%
|
| 3 | St Columbas N.S1.4 km · Douglas West | 1.4 km | 377 |
−14.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Phadraig Naofa1.6 km · Rochestown | 1.6 km | 460 |
−3.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu1.7 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil | 1.7 km | 424 |
+1.2%
|
| 6 | Scoil Nioclais2.1 km · Cork | 2.1 km | 714 |
−19.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Kevin Higgins
- Phone
- 0214890122
- [email protected]
- Address
- Carr's Hill, Douglas, Cork, T12 A78N
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 506 | 258 | 248 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 55 | 83 | 76 | 56 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 513 | 258 | 255 | 58 | 63 | 48 | 82 | 79 | 55 | 59 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | 492 | 245 | 247 | 56 | 48 | 75 | 70 | 52 | 66 | 56 | 57 |
| 2022/23 | 471 | 235 | 236 | 47 | 72 | 71 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 51 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 450 | 218 | 232 | 68 | 67 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 406 | 192 | 214 | 64 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 332 | 155 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 262 | 126 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 208 | 101 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 133 | 69 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 80 | 35 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 36 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 18 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |