St Patrick's Boys' National School
Skibbereen · Roll number 20477Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 204
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 12 from 216 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 2 / 202
- 1% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
204 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 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 21.0 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 23.0 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 23.8 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 26.0 |
| 3rd Class | 32 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 27.5 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 28.5 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 29.7 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 28.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 27Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 292nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
32 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 323rd Class2020/21
- 324th Class2021/22
- 335th Class2022/23
- 336th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2025/26 (17 to 26)
- −75th Class in 2024/25 (31 to 24)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Patrick's Boys' National School, 2015/16 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
18.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers130 hours of support teaching a week 5.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and an early intervention class 3
8.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.1 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 8.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 St Patrick's Boys' National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's Boys' National SchoolThis school | – | 204 |
−5.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Dr M Ui Shuilleabhain0.1 km · An Sciobairín · Gaelscoil | 0.1 km | 78 |
+34.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Seosamh0.2 km · Skibberreen | 0.2 km | 182 |
−3.7%
|
| 3 | Abbeystrewry N S1.5 km · Skibbereen · Church of Ireland | 1.5 km | 142 |
+34.0%
|
| 4 | Castletownsend MXD N S5.2 km · Skibbereen | 5.2 km | 90 |
−30.2%
|
| 5 | Maulatrahane Central NS5.6 km · Skibbereen | 5.6 km | 31 |
−24.4%
|
| 6 | S N Muire na Doirini5.8 km · Skibbereen | 5.8 km | 14 |
−67.4%
|
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
- Alan Foley
- Phone
- 02821948
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cork Rd, Skibbereen, P81 KP63
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
- Skibereen
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 204 | 2 | 202 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 214 | 1 | 213 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 1 | 221 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 233 | 1 | 232 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 234 | 0 | 234 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 229 | – | 229 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 220 | 2 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 231 | 1 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 221 | – | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 215 | 0 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 216 | 0 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |