Scoil Naomh Eltin
Kinsale · Roll number 20435A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 401
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +77%
- Up 174 from 227 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 207 / 194
- 52% 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
401 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 | 45 | 53 | 35 | 49 | 46 | 43 | 45.2 |
| Senior Infants | 50 | 46 | 53 | 39 | 49 | 46 | 47.2 |
| 1st Class | 44 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 40 | 50 | 48.2 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 47 | 57 | 50 | 56 | 43 | 49.0 |
| 3rd Class | 49 | 39 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 56 | 49.5 |
| 4th Class | 33 | 53 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 48.7 |
| 5th Class | 45 | 32 | 59 | 45 | 58 | 53 | 48.7 |
| 6th Class | 38 | 48 | 33 | 55 | 50 | 59 | 47.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
46 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 46Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
35 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 43 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2022/23
- 39Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 432nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 53Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 531st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 502nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 514th 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
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 524th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
44 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 441st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 585th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils more.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 393rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 455th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
49 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 493rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 556th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
33 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 334th Class2020/21
- 325th Class2021/22
- 336th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
45 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 455th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +275th Class in 2022/23 (32 to 59)
- −18Junior Infants in 2022/23 (53 to 35)
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 Scoil Naomh Eltin, 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
26.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers182.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.33 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. 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 Naomh Eltin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh EltinThis school | – | 401 |
+76.7%
|
|
| 1 | Kinsale N S1.0 km · Kinsale · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 54 |
−50.9%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile1.0 km · Cionn tSáile · Gaelscoil | 1.0 km | 145 |
−31.9%
|
| 3 | S N Chobh Chionn Tsaile1.5 km · Kinsale | 1.5 km | 213 |
−5.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire na nGrast5.0 km · Belgooly | 5.0 km | 363 |
−2.2%
|
| 5 | Dundar Mhuighe N S5.4 km · Kinsale | 5.4 km | 175 |
−30.8%
|
| 6 | Ballinspittle N S6.6 km · Ballinspittle | 6.6 km | 192 |
−3.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Terry McCarthy
- Phone
- 0214774040
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kinsale, Co Cork, P17 CF82
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 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
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 | 401 | 207 | 194 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 51 | 53 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 400 | 198 | 202 | 46 | 49 | 40 | 56 | 49 | 52 | 58 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 399 | 199 | 200 | 49 | 39 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 45 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 385 | 205 | 180 | 35 | 53 | 49 | 57 | 51 | 48 | 59 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 372 | 199 | 173 | 53 | 46 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 53 | 32 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 345 | 183 | 162 | 45 | 50 | 44 | 41 | 49 | 33 | 45 | 38 |
| 2019/20 | 321 | 162 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 294 | 146 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 277 | 144 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 222 | 107 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 227 | 115 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 185 | 97 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 179 | 94 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |