Central Infs School
Dublin 1 · Roll number 01795A
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 149
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 27 from 176 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 72 / 77
- 48% 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
149 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 | 53 | 52 | 47 | 53 | 54 | 44 | 50.5 |
| Senior Infants | 55 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 55.2 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 42 | 51 | 50.5 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
54 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 54 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 54Junior Infants2024/25
- 54Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
53 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 51 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2023/24
- 52Senior Infants2024/25
- 511st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 47 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 421st Class2024/25
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
52 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 52 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2021/22
- 60Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 53 pupils fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 60Senior Infants2021/22
- 551st Class2022/23
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 55 pupils fewer.
- 55Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 45 pupils fewer.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +91st Class in 2025/26 (42 to 51)
- −151st Class in 2024/25 (57 to 42)
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 Central Infs School, 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
12.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
4.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers and 4.32 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 Central Infs School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Infs SchoolThis school | – | 149 |
−15.3%
|
|
| 1 | Central Senior MXD N S0.0 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.0 km | 227 |
−2.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chaoimhin0.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 1 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.1 km | 68 |
+51.1%
|
| 3 | Rutland National School0.2 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.2 km | 152 |
+2.7%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire0.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 161 |
−21.1%
|
| 5 | City Quay NS0.6 km · Dublin 2 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 151 |
−7.9%
|
| 6 | Gardiner Street Convent0.8 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 298 |
−11.8%
|
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
- Elaine Dunphy
- Phone
- 018788344
- [email protected]
- Address
- Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 ER24
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Minister for Education & Skills
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1
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
42 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 | 149 | 72 | 77 | 44 | 54 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 70 | 78 | 54 | 52 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 160 | 79 | 81 | 53 | 50 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 162 | 79 | 83 | 47 | 60 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 165 | 79 | 86 | 52 | 60 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 153 | 79 | 74 | 53 | 55 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 161 | 84 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 166 | 80 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 170 | 79 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 184 | 89 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 176 | 86 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 175 | 86 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 164 | 89 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 159 | 84 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 152 | 74 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 147 | 65 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 133 | 62 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 132 | 67 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 128 | 76 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 119 | 67 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 116 | 59 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 117 | 50 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 113 | 47 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 108 | 45 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 101 | 38 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 97 | 43 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 80 | 33 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 79 | 30 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 72 | 23 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 83 | 32 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 76 | 24 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 63 | 21 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 70 | 28 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 70 | 27 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 74 | 31 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 77 | 33 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 91 | 37 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 112 | 47 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 118 | 56 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 131 | 64 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 135 | 67 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |