Scoil Naomh Caitriona
Cork · Roll number 18253F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 414
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 25 from 439 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 17 now; average class 27.4 → 24.4
- Over 20 years: +43% from 290 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 414 / 0
- 100% 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
414 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 | 52 | 55 | 45 | 44 | 38 | 55 | 48.2 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 53 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 37 | 50.0 |
| 1st Class | 43 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 47 | 50.5 |
| 2nd Class | 53 | 49 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 53.3 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 56 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 53.8 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 48 | 53 | 50 | 56 | 56 | 53.5 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 56 | 51 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 54.8 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 53 | 55 | 55.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 37 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 37Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 52Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 531st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 552nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 552nd Class2023/24
- 563rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
43 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 431st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 523rd Class2022/23
- 504th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
53 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 532nd Class2020/21
- 563rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 535th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 565th Class2021/22
- 586th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Junior Infants in 2025/26 (38 to 55)
- −15Senior Infants in 2025/26 (52 to 37)
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 Scoil Naomh Caitriona, 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
22.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers120 hours of support teaching a week 4.8
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.8 special education teachers and 3 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. 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 Scoil Naomh Caitriona, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh CaitrionaThis school | – | 414 |
−5.7%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Ui Riada0.8 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 254 |
−4.2%
|
| 2 | Muire gan Smal C1.2 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.2 km | 297 |
+28.6%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire gan Smal B1.2 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 1.2 km | 403 |
+13.8%
|
| 4 | S N an Spioraid Naomh C1.2 km · Cork · Girls | 1.2 km | 258 |
−6.5%
|
| 5 | Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)1.3 km · Cork · Boys | 1.3 km | 398 |
−0.3%
|
| 6 | S N Athair Maitiu C1.9 km · Togher · Girls · DEIS | 1.9 km | 252 |
−9.4%
|
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: 107 of 340 households answered (32%). The true figures are likely within 7.9 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 32 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 7.9 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 47% | 16% | 38% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 50% | 12% | 31% |
| 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
- Claire O'Donovan
- Phone
- 0214546868
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bishopstown Avenue West, Model Farm Road, Cork, T12 TF74
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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 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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 414 | 414 | 0 | 55 | 37 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 417 | 417 | – | 38 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 414 | 414 | 0 | 44 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 50 | 53 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 422 | 422 | – | 45 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 429 | 429 | – | 55 | 53 | 55 | 49 | 56 | 48 | 56 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 423 | 423 | – | 52 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 47 | 58 | 59 | 57 |
| 2019/20 | 434 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 438 | 438 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 446 | 446 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 438 | 438 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 439 | 439 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 444 | 444 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 412 | 412 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 381 | 381 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 356 | 355 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 326 | 322 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 321 | 314 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 324 | 319 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 326 | 320 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 318 | 310 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 290 | 280 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 320 | 306 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 354 | 335 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 396 | 369 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 443 | 416 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 474 | 442 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 481 | 447 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 514 | 471 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 566 | 510 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 568 | 508 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 575 | 511 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 601 | 551 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 616 | 558 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 685 | 639 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 680 | 634 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 664 | 614 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 674 | 603 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 675 | 575 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 670 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 651 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |