Convent Girls Senior National School
Mallow · Roll number 16159D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 246
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 52 from 298 in 2015/16
- 12 classes in 2015/16, 10 now; average class 23.0 → 21.6
- Over 20 years: +30% from 189 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 226 / 20
- 92% girls
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
246 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 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2.0 |
| 1st Class | 37 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 30.3 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 40 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 34.5 |
| 3rd Class | 33 | 39 | 44 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 37.0 |
| 4th Class | 40 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 34 | 41 | 39.0 |
| 5th Class | 46 | 43 | 35 | 49 | 46 | 37 | 42.7 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 45 | 47 | 35 | 53 | 56 | 46.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
5 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 3 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 5Junior Infants2024/25
- 3Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
0 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 32 pupils more.
- 0Junior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 31 pupils more.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 1Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in 1st Class (2023/24), 39 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 261st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 393rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in 1st Class (2022/23), 41 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 331st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 414th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
31 in 1st Class (2021/22), 37 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 311st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 343rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 375th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
37 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 371st Class2020/21
- 402nd Class2021/22
- 443rd Class2022/23
- 474th Class2023/24
- 465th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 393rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 495th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
33 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 333rd Class2020/21
- 334th Class2021/22
- 355th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
40 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 404th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
46 in 5th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 465th Class2020/21
- 456th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +186th Class in 2024/25 (35 to 53)
- −134th Class in 2024/25 (47 to 34)
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 Convent Girls Senior National School, 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
21teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes, an early intervention class and a moderate general learning disability class 5
12.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 12.5 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 Convent Girls Senior National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convent Girls Senior National SchoolThis school | – | 246 |
−17.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N Iosagain0.1 km · Mallow | 0.1 km | 133 |
−30.0%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School0.5 km · Mallow · Boys | 0.5 km | 212 |
+1.0%
|
| 3 | Mallow Community National School0.9 km · Mallow · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 202 | – |
| 4 | Scoil Ghobnatan1.5 km · Mallow · DEIS | 1.5 km | 470 |
−19.1%
|
| 5 | Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis2.0 km · Magh Ealla · Gaelscoil | 2.0 km | 412 |
+9.9%
|
| 6 | S N Rathain3.9 km · Mallow | 3.9 km | 125 |
+123.2%
|
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: 76 of 210 households answered (36%). The true figures are likely within 9.3 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
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: 9.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 42% | 4% | 38% |
| Mallow planning area · children at school | 43% | 22% | 8% |
| Mallow planning area · children not yet at school | 43% | 30% | 7% |
| 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
- Sheila O'Connor
- Phone
- 02242211
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bathview, Mallow, Co Cork, P51 D958
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Mallow
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 246 | 226 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 41 | 37 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 249 | 230 | 19 | 5 | – | 23 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 46 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 251 | 235 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 47 | 49 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 252 | 239 | 13 | 1 | – | 33 | 31 | 44 | 39 | 35 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 252 | 240 | 12 | – | – | 31 | 40 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 45 |
| 2020/21 | 261 | 251 | 10 | – | – | 37 | 41 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 272 | 262 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 288 | 277 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 308 | 293 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 326 | 312 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 298 | 283 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 316 | 299 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 295 | 279 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 272 | 257 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 262 | 249 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 246 | 233 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 241 | 230 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 219 | 209 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 209 | 202 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 200 | 192 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 189 | 183 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 188 | 179 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 205 | 198 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 216 | 211 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 224 | 213 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 227 | 216 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 249 | 231 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 253 | 235 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 267 | 250 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 274 | 251 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 300 | 282 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 360 | 338 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 367 | 347 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 502 | 502 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 494 | 494 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 486 | 486 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 480 | 480 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 495 | 495 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 489 | 489 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 487 | 487 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 472 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |