S N B Togher Cork

Cork · Roll number 13980L

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
252
+2 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−13%
Down 38 from 290 in 2015/16
12 classes in 2015/16, 14 now; average class 23.2 → 17.1
Over 20 years: −15% from 298 in 2005/06
Girls and boys
0 / 252
0% girls
Teachers
about 23
14 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

Pupils since 1975

Total enrolment each school year

Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues

Pupils by class

Published for each class from 2020/21.

This year, 2025/26

252 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants34
  • Senior Infants24
  • 1st Class31
  • 2nd Class29
  • 3rd Class29
  • 4th Class25
  • 5th Class42
  • 6th Class38

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 31 26 27 29 19 34 27.7
Senior Infants 37 28 28 28 31 24 29.3
1st Class 34 36 26 32 28 31 31.2
2nd Class 26 33 36 26 31 29 30.2
3rd Class 33 26 35 39 27 29 31.5
4th Class 33 33 24 35 42 25 32.0
5th Class 32 35 36 24 33 42 33.7
6th Class 42 32 36 38 27 38 35.5

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.

  1. 31Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 28Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 261st Class2022/23
  4. 262nd Class2023/24
  5. 273rd Class2024/25
  6. 254th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +15Junior Infants in 2025/26 (19 to 34)
  • −174th Class in 2025/26 (42 to 25)

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at S N B Togher Cork, 2006/07 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

22.9teaching posts

Our estimate: about 23 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers147.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.9
  • Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2

8.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.33 SNAs for next year.

Teachers since 2006/07

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 S N B Togher Cork, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N B Togher Cork
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N B Togher CorkThis school – 252
−13.1%
1 S N Athair Maitiu C0.0 km · Togher · Girls · DEIS 0.0 km 252
−9.4%
2 South Lee Educate Together National School1.1 km · Cork City · Multi-denominational 1.1 km 162 –
3 Gaelscoil Ui Riada1.3 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil 1.3 km 254
−4.2%
4 Realt na Maidine1.3 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS 1.3 km 107
−12.3%
5 Muire gan Smal C1.4 km · Cork · DEIS 1.4 km 297
+28.6%
6 Scoil Mhuire gan Smal B1.4 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS 1.4 km 403
+13.8%
Every school within 10 km

What parents would prefer

In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.

Children at this school

Their parents: 55 of 215 households answered (26%). The true figures are likely within 10.8 points either way.

Patron

44% multi-denominational denominational 56% Now

Teaching language

11% through Irish through English 89% Now

Boys and girls

40% single-sex Now co-educational 60%

Children not yet at school

Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.

The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 10.8 points either way.

Share of parents who would prefer each, compared with the planning area and Ireland
Parents of Multi-denominationalThrough IrishSingle-sex
This school · children at school 44%11%40%
Glasheen–CorkCity planning area · children at school 47%23%21%
Glasheen–CorkCity planning area · children not yet at school 57%34%16%
Ireland · children at school 44%20%5%
Ireland · children not yet at school 47%26%6%

Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures

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
Kieran Kelly
Address
Togher Road, Cork, T12 Y710

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
Glasheen–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

40 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 252 0 252 3424312929254238
2024/25 250 – 250 1931283127423327
2023/24 262 0 262 2928322639352438
2022/23 260 – 260 2728263635243636
2021/22 261 – 261 2628363326333532
2020/21 280 – 280 3137342633333242
2019/20 271 – 271 ––––––––
2018/19 273 – 273 ––––––––
2017/18 273 – 273 ––––––––
2016/17 278 0 278 ––––––––
2015/16 290 0 290 ––––––––
2014/15 299 0 299 ––––––––
2013/14 308 0 308 ––––––––
2012/13 296 0 296 ––––––––
2011/12 294 0 294 ––––––––
2010/11 278 0 278 ––––––––
2009/10 294 0 294 ––––––––
2008/09 297 0 297 ––––––––
2007/08 299 0 299 ––––––––
2006/07 288 0 288 ––––––––
2005/06 298 0 298 ––––––––
2004/05 306 0 306 ––––––––
2003/04 294 0 294 ––––––––
2002/03 307 0 307 ––––––––
2001/02 315 0 315 ––––––––
2000/01 342 0 342 ––––––––
1999/00 323 – 323 ––––––––
1998/99 324 – 324 ––––––––
1997/98 338 – 338 ––––––––
1996/97 332 0 332 ––––––––
1995/96 348 – 348 ––––––––
1994/95 372 – 372 ––––––––
1993/94 351 – 351 ––––––––
1982/83 540 0 540 ––––––––
1981/82 559 0 559 ––––––––
1980/81 612 0 612 ––––––––
1979/80 670 0 670 ––––––––
1977/78 713 0 713 ––––––––
1976/77 715 – – ––––––––
1975/76 692 – – ––––––––