Naomh Padraig Boys
Dublin 4 · Roll number 03917V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 137
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 14 from 123 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 1 / 136
- 1% 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
137 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 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 14.8 |
| Senior Infants | 16 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14.2 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 16.2 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 16.0 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 16.8 |
| 4th Class | 18 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 16.8 |
| 5th Class | 18 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 19.0 |
| 6th Class | 12 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 17.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
15 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
12 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2022/23
- 13Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 192nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 10 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 103rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 16Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 174th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 213rd Class2022/23
- 214th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 103rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 105th Class2023/24
- 106th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
18 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 184th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
18 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 185th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +135th Class in 2024/25 (10 to 23)
- −123rd Class in 2021/22 (22 to 10)
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 Naomh Padraig Boys, 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
10.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers82.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.3
4.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
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 Naomh Padraig Boys, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig BoysThis school | – | 137 |
+11.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks Girls NS0.0 km · Dublin 4 · Girls · DEIS | 0.0 km | 143 |
−14.9%
|
| 2 | SN Paroiste Maitiu Nfa0.7 km · Dublin 4 · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 212 |
−3.6%
|
| 3 | Star of the Sea0.9 km · Dublin 4 · Boys | 0.9 km | 223 |
−37.7%
|
| 4 | St Josephs MXD N S1.2 km · Dublin 3 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 211 |
+7.1%
|
| 5 | John Scottus NS1.3 km · Dublin 6 · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 136 |
−42.4%
|
| 6 | St Christopher's NS1.4 km · Dublin 4 · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 1.4 km | 598 | – |
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Ian Lane
- Phone
- 016606825
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cambridge Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4, D04 AP98
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- 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
- Dublin2–Dublin4
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 | 137 | 1 | 136 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 126 | 0 | 126 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 128 | 0 | 128 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | – | 131 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 133 | – | 133 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 134 | – | 134 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 137 | – | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 132 | – | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 122 | – | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 124 | 0 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 123 | 0 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 121 | 0 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 119 | 0 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 110 | 0 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 99 | 0 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 111 | 0 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 112 | 0 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 105 | 0 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 92 | 0 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 91 | 0 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 88 | 0 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 92 | 0 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 86 | 0 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 84 | 0 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 96 | 0 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 112 | 0 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 121 | 0 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 124 | 0 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 139 | 0 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 132 | – | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 124 | – | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 138 | – | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 203 | 0 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 205 | 0 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 205 | 0 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 207 | 0 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 197 | 0 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 204 | 0 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 199 | 0 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 238 | 0 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |