Ballyroan B N S
Dublin 16 · Roll number 03359N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 375
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 19 from 356 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 375
- 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
375 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 63 | 69 | 49 | 61 | 52 | 58.7 |
| 2nd Class | 73 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 51 | 63 | 64.3 |
| 3rd Class | 74 | 71 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 52 | 65.8 |
| 4th Class | 60 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 67.8 |
| 5th Class | 62 | 63 | 74 | 74 | 62 | 74 | 68.2 |
| 6th Class | 77 | 62 | 63 | 77 | 74 | 61 | 69.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
61 in 1st Class (2024/25), 63 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 611st Class2024/25
- 632nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in 1st Class (2023/24), 52 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 491st Class2023/24
- 512nd Class2024/25
- 523rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
69 in 1st Class (2022/23), 73 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 691st Class2022/23
- 732nd Class2023/24
- 713rd Class2024/25
- 734th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2021/22
63 in 1st Class (2021/22), 74 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 631st Class2021/22
- 662nd Class2022/23
- 663rd Class2023/24
- 694th Class2024/25
- 745th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 602nd Class2021/22
- 613rd Class2022/23
- 624th Class2023/24
- 625th Class2024/25
- 616th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
73 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 732nd Class2020/21
- 713rd Class2021/22
- 704th Class2022/23
- 745th Class2023/24
- 746th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
74 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 77 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 743rd Class2020/21
- 734th Class2021/22
- 745th Class2022/23
- 776th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
60 in 4th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 604th Class2020/21
- 635th Class2021/22
- 636th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
62 in 5th Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 625th Class2020/21
- 626th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2023/24 (63 to 77)
- −222nd Class in 2024/25 (73 to 51)
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 Ballyroan 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
22.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers147.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.9
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.7 special education teachers and 6 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 Ballyroan B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyroan B N SThis school | – | 375 |
+5.3%
|
|
| 1 | St Patrick GNS0.4 km · Dublin 16 | 0.4 km | 472 |
−8.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire0.9 km · Dublin 16 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 187 |
−22.1%
|
| 3 | Rathfarnham Parish N S1.0 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 4 | Clochar Loreto N S1.2 km · Dublin 14 | 1.2 km | 445 |
−13.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire Boys1.2 km · Dublin 14 · Boys | 1.2 km | 367 |
−19.9%
|
| 6 | Rathfarnham Educate Together1.4 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 1.4 km | 188 |
−15.7%
|
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
- Nessa Kiernan
- Phone
- 014931805
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyroan Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 YX54
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Rathfarnham
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 | 375 | 0 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 63 | 52 | 73 | 74 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | – | 388 | – | – | 61 | 51 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 74 |
| 2023/24 | 401 | 0 | 401 | – | – | 49 | 73 | 66 | 62 | 74 | 77 |
| 2022/23 | 403 | – | 403 | – | – | 69 | 66 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 63 |
| 2021/22 | 392 | – | 392 | – | – | 63 | 60 | 71 | 73 | 63 | 62 |
| 2020/21 | 404 | – | 404 | – | – | 58 | 73 | 74 | 60 | 62 | 77 |
| 2019/20 | 401 | – | 401 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 379 | – | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 375 | – | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 367 | 0 | 367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 356 | 0 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 351 | 0 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 359 | 0 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 357 | 0 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 328 | 0 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 315 | 0 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 299 | 0 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 288 | 0 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 286 | 0 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 278 | 0 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 264 | 0 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 272 | 0 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 273 | 0 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 281 | 0 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 274 | 0 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 276 | 0 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 302 | 0 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 316 | – | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 312 | 0 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 332 | 0 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 328 | – | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 336 | – | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 321 | – | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 418 | 0 | 418 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 460 | 0 | 460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 510 | 0 | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 553 | 0 | 553 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 608 | 0 | 608 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 634 | 0 | 634 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 643 | 0 | 643 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 643 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 644 | 0 | 644 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |