South Lee Educate Together National School
Cork City · Roll number 20522S
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 162
- +24 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2019/20
- With 7 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 91 / 71
- 56% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
162 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 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 24.5 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 20.7 |
| 1st Class | – | 12 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 21.2 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | 15 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 20.8 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | 15 | 20 | 20 | 18.3 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | 16 | 25 | 20.5 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 20.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 261st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 121st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 153rd Class2023/24
- 164th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2022/23 (12 to 26)
- −71st Class in 2023/24 (26 to 19)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at South Lee Educate Together National School, 2019/20 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
12.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
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 South Lee Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lee Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 162 | – | |
| 1 | Realt na Maidine0.2 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 0.2 km | 107 |
−12.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Maria Assumpta0.7 km · Cork · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 168 |
−4.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa0.8 km · Cork · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.8 km | 193 |
−13.8%
|
| 4 | S N B Togher Cork1.1 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 252 |
−13.1%
|
| 5 | S N Athair Maitiu C1.1 km · Togher · Girls · DEIS | 1.1 km | 252 |
−9.4%
|
| 6 | Greenmount Monastery NS1.5 km · Greenmount · DEIS | 1.5 km | 240 |
−10.1%
|
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: 60 of 125 households answered (48%). The true figures are likely within 10.4 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 36 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: 10.4 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 95% | 18% | 2% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 100% | 11% | 0% |
| 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
- Olivia O' Riordan
- Phone
- 0212427046
- [email protected]
- Address
- c/o Colaiste Stiofain Naofa, Tramore Rd, Cork City, T12 AC91
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- 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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 162 | 91 | 71 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 138 | 77 | 61 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 16 | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 114 | 62 | 52 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 15 | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 88 | 44 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |