Lucan B N S
Lucan · Roll number 00714P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 501
- −14 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −1%
- Down 4 from 505 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 501
- 0% girls
Pupils since 1974
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
501 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 | 60 | 45 | 59 | 43 | 57 | 53 | 52.8 |
| Senior Infants | 71 | 59 | 51 | 55 | 52 | 61 | 58.2 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 74 | 64 | 48 | 60 | 47 | 57.0 |
| 2nd Class | 58 | 51 | 79 | 67 | 53 | 63 | 61.8 |
| 3rd Class | 74 | 61 | 51 | 76 | 77 | 60 | 66.5 |
| 4th Class | 53 | 74 | 58 | 51 | 80 | 75 | 65.2 |
| 5th Class | 91 | 60 | 80 | 62 | 57 | 83 | 72.2 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 91 | 59 | 83 | 73 | 59 | 70.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
57 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 61 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 57Junior Infants2024/25
- 61Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 52Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
59 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 63 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2022/23
- 55Senior Infants2023/24
- 601st Class2024/25
- 632nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 60 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 51Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 603rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 75 in 4th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 60Junior Infants2020/21
- 59Senior Infants2021/22
- 641st Class2022/23
- 672nd Class2023/24
- 773rd Class2024/25
- 754th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
71 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 83 in 5th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 71Senior Infants2020/21
- 741st Class2021/22
- 792nd Class2022/23
- 763rd Class2023/24
- 804th Class2024/25
- 835th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 514th Class2023/24
- 575th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
58 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2024/25): 15 pupils more.
- 582nd Class2020/21
- 613rd Class2021/22
- 584th Class2022/23
- 625th Class2023/24
- 736th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
74 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 83 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 743rd Class2020/21
- 744th Class2021/22
- 805th Class2022/23
- 836th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
53 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 534th Class2020/21
- 605th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
91 in 5th Class (2020/21), 91 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 915th Class2020/21
- 916th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +316th Class in 2021/22 (60 to 91)
- −326th Class in 2022/23 (91 to 59)
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 Lucan B N S, 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
32teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
10.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 11.49 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 Lucan B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan B N SThis school | – | 501 |
−0.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire0.2 km · Lucan · Girls | 0.2 km | 558 |
−18.4%
|
| 2 | St Andrews N S0.6 km · Lucan · Church of Ireland | 0.6 km | 374 |
+9.0%
|
| 3 | Esker Educate Together NS1.1 km · Lucan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.1 km | 382 |
−11.2%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig1.1 km · Leamhcán · Gaelscoil | 1.1 km | 367 |
−23.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Aine Naofa1.3 km · Lucan | 1.3 km | 614 |
+18.5%
|
| 6 | St Thomas Junior National School1.3 km · Lucan | 1.3 km | 573 |
+3.1%
|
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
- Dara Burke
- Phone
- 016281857
- [email protected]
- Address
- Chapel Hill, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 YD27
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Lucan
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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 501 | 0 | 501 | 53 | 61 | 47 | 63 | 60 | 75 | 83 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 515 | – | 515 | 57 | 52 | 60 | 53 | 77 | 80 | 57 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 491 | 0 | 491 | 43 | 55 | 48 | 67 | 76 | 51 | 62 | 83 |
| 2022/23 | 503 | – | 503 | 59 | 51 | 64 | 79 | 51 | 58 | 80 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 515 | – | 515 | 45 | 59 | 74 | 51 | 61 | 74 | 60 | 91 |
| 2020/21 | 516 | – | 516 | 60 | 71 | 49 | 58 | 74 | 53 | 91 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 513 | – | 513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 513 | – | 513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 508 | – | 508 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 501 | 0 | 501 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 510 | 0 | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 489 | 0 | 489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 499 | 0 | 499 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 507 | 0 | 507 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 493 | 0 | 493 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 492 | 0 | 492 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 512 | 0 | 512 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 536 | 0 | 536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 535 | 0 | 535 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 529 | 0 | 529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 541 | 0 | 541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 533 | 0 | 533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 546 | 0 | 546 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 541 | 0 | 541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 523 | 0 | 523 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 508 | 0 | 508 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 510 | 0 | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 505 | 0 | 505 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 498 | 0 | 498 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 490 | – | 490 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 491 | – | 491 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 488 | – | 488 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 746 | 0 | 746 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 802 | 0 | 802 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 827 | 0 | 827 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 897 | 0 | 897 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 939 | 0 | 939 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 957 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 944 | 0 | 944 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 889 | 0 | 889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 831 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 413 | 0 | 413 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |