Scoil Nioclais
Cork · Roll number 20106E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 714
- −32 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −19%
- Down 172 from 886 in 2015/16
- 33 classes in 2015/16, 31 now; average class 26.9 → 22.3
- Over 20 years: +80% from 397 in 2005/06, while it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 383 / 331
- 54% girls
Pupils since 2000
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
714 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 | 94 | 82 | 108 | 82 | 74 | 84 | 87.3 |
| Senior Infants | 106 | 89 | 87 | 105 | 77 | 80 | 90.7 |
| 1st Class | 94 | 104 | 89 | 83 | 102 | 78 | 91.7 |
| 2nd Class | 110 | 91 | 109 | 89 | 86 | 100 | 97.5 |
| 3rd Class | 98 | 113 | 89 | 105 | 85 | 90 | 96.7 |
| 4th Class | 111 | 101 | 109 | 90 | 104 | 83 | 99.7 |
| 5th Class | 103 | 111 | 101 | 110 | 92 | 105 | 103.7 |
| 6th Class | 103 | 102 | 108 | 103 | 108 | 94 | 103.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
74 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 80 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 74Junior Infants2024/25
- 80Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
82 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 78 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 82Junior Infants2023/24
- 77Senior Infants2024/25
- 781st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
108 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 100 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 108Junior Infants2022/23
- 105Senior Infants2023/24
- 1021st Class2024/25
- 1002nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
82 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 90 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 82Junior Infants2021/22
- 87Senior Infants2022/23
- 831st Class2023/24
- 862nd Class2024/25
- 903rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
94 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 83 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 94Junior Infants2020/21
- 89Senior Infants2021/22
- 891st Class2022/23
- 892nd Class2023/24
- 853rd Class2024/25
- 834th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
106 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 105 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 106Senior Infants2020/21
- 1041st Class2021/22
- 1092nd Class2022/23
- 1053rd Class2023/24
- 1044th Class2024/25
- 1055th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
94 in 1st Class (2020/21), 94 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 941st Class2020/21
- 912nd Class2021/22
- 893rd Class2022/23
- 904th Class2023/24
- 925th Class2024/25
- 946th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
110 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 1102nd Class2020/21
- 1133rd Class2021/22
- 1094th Class2022/23
- 1105th Class2023/24
- 1086th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
98 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 103 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 983rd Class2020/21
- 1014th Class2021/22
- 1015th Class2022/23
- 1036th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
111 in 4th Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 1114th Class2020/21
- 1115th Class2021/22
- 1086th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
103 in 5th Class (2020/21), 102 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1035th Class2020/21
- 1026th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +26Junior Infants in 2022/23 (82 to 108)
- −28Senior Infants in 2024/25 (105 to 77)
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 Nioclais, 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
49.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 50 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 31 mainstream classes 31
- 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 teachers312.5 hours of support teaching a week 12.5
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
16.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 12.4 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 17.16 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 Scoil Nioclais, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil NioclaisThis school | – | 714 |
−19.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Columbas N.S1.3 km · Douglas West | 1.3 km | 377 |
−14.1%
|
| 2 | Douglas B N S1.4 km · Cork | 1.4 km | 353 |
−16.2%
|
| 3 | Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu1.6 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 424 |
+1.2%
|
| 4 | St Lukes N S Douglas1.7 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.7 km | 203 |
−6.5%
|
| 5 | Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School2.1 km · Cork · Multi-denominational | 2.1 km | 506 | – |
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Brid C2.1 km · Cork · Girls | 2.1 km | 374 |
−31.6%
|
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: 132 of 492 households answered (27%). The true figures are likely within 7.1 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 91 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: 7.1 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 48% | 11% | 4% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 52% | 12% | 5% |
| South Suburbs–CorkCity planning area · children at school | 54% | 16% | 15% |
| South Suburbs–CorkCity planning area · children not yet at school | 55% | 28% | 13% |
| 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
- Marc Ó Síocháin
- Phone
- 0214899567
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bellevue Road, Frankfield, Grange, Cork, T12 HD86
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cork & Ross
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- South Suburbs–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
26 school years from 2000/01 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 714 | 383 | 331 | 84 | 80 | 78 | 100 | 90 | 83 | 105 | 94 |
| 2024/25 | 746 | 382 | 364 | 74 | 77 | 102 | 86 | 85 | 104 | 92 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 779 | 398 | 381 | 82 | 105 | 83 | 89 | 105 | 90 | 110 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 812 | 430 | 382 | 108 | 87 | 89 | 109 | 89 | 109 | 101 | 108 |
| 2021/22 | 799 | 410 | 389 | 82 | 89 | 104 | 91 | 113 | 101 | 111 | 102 |
| 2020/21 | 819 | 405 | 414 | 94 | 106 | 94 | 110 | 98 | 111 | 103 | 103 |
| 2019/20 | 840 | 405 | 435 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 839 | 401 | 438 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 860 | 415 | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 856 | 424 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 886 | 439 | 447 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 892 | 438 | 454 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 907 | 450 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 892 | 444 | 448 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 870 | 433 | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 821 | 404 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 797 | 379 | 418 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 752 | 354 | 398 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 631 | 294 | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 521 | 249 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 397 | 191 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 304 | 149 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 217 | 100 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 162 | 69 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 92 | 42 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 30 | 11 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |