City Quay NS
Dublin 2 · Roll number 11578V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 151
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 13 from 164 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 64 / 87
- 42% 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
151 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 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 18.3 |
| Senior Infants | 18 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 19.3 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 19.2 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 19.3 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 19.8 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 20.5 |
| 5th Class | 19 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 21.0 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 20.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 18 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 18Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 16 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 161st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 211st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 222nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 18Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 183rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 162nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 165th Class2024/25
- 166th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
19 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 195th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +75th Class in 2025/26 (16 to 23)
- −9Senior Infants in 2024/25 (24 to 15)
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 City Quay NS, 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
13.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5 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 City Quay NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Quay NSThis school | – | 151 |
−7.9%
|
|
| 1 | Central Infs School0.6 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 149 |
−15.3%
|
| 2 | Central Senior MXD N S0.6 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 227 |
−2.6%
|
| 3 | Scoil Chaoimhin0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 1 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.7 km | 68 |
+51.1%
|
| 4 | St Laurence O'Toole's National School0.8 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 159 | – |
| 5 | Rutland National School0.8 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 152 |
+2.7%
|
| 6 | Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys0.9 km · Dublin 1 · Boys · DEIS | 0.9 km | 69 |
+7.8%
|
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
- Philip Kelly
- Phone
- 016713754
- [email protected]
- Address
- City Quay, Gloucester Street South, Dublin 2, D02 H277
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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 | 151 | 64 | 87 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 70 | 86 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 77 | 93 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 176 | 86 | 90 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 161 | 81 | 80 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 157 | 85 | 72 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 155 | 81 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 161 | 84 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 167 | 86 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 170 | 82 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 164 | 79 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 155 | 77 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 161 | 79 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 164 | 78 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 159 | 75 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 157 | 67 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 151 | 69 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 147 | 66 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 151 | 72 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 152 | 73 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 149 | 69 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 148 | 68 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 149 | 65 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 152 | 74 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 153 | 70 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 150 | 69 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 151 | 66 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 151 | 68 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 146 | 64 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 162 | 77 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 165 | 86 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 178 | 83 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 200 | 96 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 180 | 93 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 183 | 98 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 186 | 99 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 213 | 114 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 210 | 113 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 217 | 121 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 215 | 127 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 73 | 0 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |