Planning area in Dublin

Kilternan

Schools in County Dublin in this planning area.

All planning areas in Ireland

Schools
3
of 459 in Dublin
Pupils
683
1% of Dublin's pupils
Since 2015/16
−7.8%
741 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
227.7
Dublin: 289.6
Average class size
24.63
Dublin: 22.23

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

683

−4 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

227.7

132.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

24.63

−0.26 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 88 in 2025/26, +16 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

3 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
24.63
Mainstream classes
27
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
27
Up 5 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 16%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 44
Estimate: 27 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 11 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
40
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 0
0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Kilternan, and the special classes in the 3 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
0
No special school here
Special classes in 2025/26
3
In 2 of 3 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
3
In 2 schools
Autism classes
3
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

In Kilternan's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 1
  • 2023/24 2
  • 2024/25 3
  • 2025/26 3
  • 2026/27 3

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Our Lady of the Wayside NSDublin 18 18806U 292
−9.9%
12 24.33 27 0
Kilternan Church of Ireland NSDublin 18 16629O 206
−11.2%
8 24.25 28 0
S N Padraig NaofaKiltiernan 17507F 185
0.0%
7 25.57 32 1