Strawberry Hill National School
Cork · Roll number 20553G
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 315
- −14 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2021/22
- With 337 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 157 / 158
- 50% girls
Pupils since 2021
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2021/22.
This year, 2025/26
315 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.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 31 | 49 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 35.8 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 30 | 49 | 33 | 34 | 35.6 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 34 | 29 | 43 | 34 | 35.2 |
| 2nd Class | 48 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 39 | 37.6 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 31 | 37.4 |
| 4th Class | 45 | 31 | 54 | 43 | 37 | 42.0 |
| 5th Class | 46 | 46 | 34 | 57 | 46 | 45.8 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 46 | 48 | 37 | 58 | 49.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
33 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 33Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 34 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 33Senior Infants2024/25
- 341st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
49 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 431st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 312nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2021/22
32 in Senior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 342nd Class2023/24
- 353rd Class2024/25
- 374th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
36 in 1st Class (2021/22), 46 in 5th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 361st Class2021/22
- 362nd Class2022/23
- 393rd Class2023/24
- 434th Class2024/25
- 465th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
48 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 58 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 482nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 575th Class2024/25
- 586th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
31 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 37 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 314th Class2022/23
- 345th Class2023/24
- 376th Class2024/25
In 4th Class in 2021/22
45 in 4th Class (2021/22), 48 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 454th Class2021/22
- 465th Class2022/23
- 486th Class2023/24
In 5th Class in 2021/22
46 in 5th Class (2021/22), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 465th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +234th Class in 2023/24 (31 to 54)
- −19Junior Infants in 2023/24 (49 to 30)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2021/22 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, 2021/22 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Strawberry Hill National School, 2021/22 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
33.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers315 hours of support teaching a week 12.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and an early intervention class 3
13.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 16 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 12.5 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13.82 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2021/22
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. 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 Strawberry Hill National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Hill National SchoolThis school | – | 315 | – | |
| 1 | Cloghroe Mixed N S1.7 km · Cloghroe | 1.7 km | 537 |
+0.4%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chroí Íosa1.9 km · Blarney | 1.9 km | 286 |
−1.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Mhuscraí2.4 km · An Bhlárna · Gaelscoil | 2.4 km | 195 |
+29.1%
|
| 4 | Clogheen MXD N S3.1 km · Kerry Pike | 3.1 km | 181 |
+10.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Barra4.2 km · Ballincollig | 4.2 km | 449 |
−15.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Mhuire C4.5 km · Ballincollig · Girls | 4.5 km | 437 |
+5.6%
|
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
- Liz Horgan
- Phone
- 0214396632
- [email protected]
- Address
- Blarney Road, CORK, T23 RW58
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
5 school years from 2021/22 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2021/22.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 315 | 157 | 158 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 58 |
| 2024/25 | 329 | 172 | 157 | 33 | 33 | 43 | 31 | 35 | 43 | 57 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 335 | 165 | 170 | 30 | 49 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 54 | 34 | 48 |
| 2022/23 | 335 | 165 | 170 | 49 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 51 | 31 | 46 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 337 | 172 | 165 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 31 | 45 | 46 | 57 |