Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin
Baile an Chollaigh · Roll number 20500I
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 205
- No change on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2017/18
- With 19 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 108 / 97
- 53% girls
Pupils since 2017
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
205 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 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 27.0 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 27.0 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 25.8 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 24.7 |
| 3rd Class | – | 21 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 29 | 23.4 |
| 4th Class | – | – | 20 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 22.2 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | 20 | 21 | 25 | 22.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | 20 | 21 | 20.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 26 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 261st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 31Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 281st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 213rd Class2022/23
- 214th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 204th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 206th Class2024/25
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2022/23 (20 to 29)
- −81st Class in 2022/23 (28 to 20)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2017/18 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, 2017/18 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin, 2017/18 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
11.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers and 2 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2017/18
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an ChaisleáinThis school | – | 205 | – | |
| 1 | Scoil Barra1.5 km · Ballincollig | 1.5 km | 449 |
−15.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Mhuire C2.2 km · Ballincollig · Girls | 2.2 km | 437 |
+5.6%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Eoin B2.3 km · Ballincollig · Boys | 2.3 km | 352 |
−10.7%
|
| 4 | Ovens N S3.0 km · Ovens | 3.0 km | 466 |
+9.1%
|
| 5 | Gael Scoil Ui Riordain3.1 km · Baile an Chollaigh · Gaelscoil | 3.1 km | 724 |
+7.6%
|
| 6 | Cloghroe Mixed N S4.0 km · Cloghroe | 4.0 km | 537 |
+0.4%
|
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
- Sinéad Joy
- Phone
- 0214826181
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cumann Rugbaí Bhaile an Chollaigh, Tanner Park, Cúl Rua,, Baile an Chollaigh, P31 DA38
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cork City Council
- Planning area
- Ballincollig
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
9 school years from 2017/18 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 205 | 108 | 97 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 109 | 96 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 91 | 84 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 20 | – |
| 2022/23 | 148 | 75 | 73 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 20 | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 118 | 64 | 54 | 28 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 21 | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 89 | 48 | 41 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 68 | 34 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 40 | 25 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 19 | 11 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |