Whitechurch Nat School
Dublin 16 · Roll number 11638N
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 194
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 11 from 183 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 109
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
194 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 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24.5 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24.5 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25.7 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25.8 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 26.2 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26.8 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 26.0 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 24.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 24 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 243rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2020/21
- 26Senior Infants2021/22
- 261st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils fewer.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +56th Class in 2022/23 (22 to 27)
- −56th Class in 2021/22 (27 to 22)
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 Whitechurch Nat 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
13.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers92.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7 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 Whitechurch Nat School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitechurch Nat SchoolThis school | – | 194 |
+6.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire0.9 km · Dublin 16 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 187 |
−22.1%
|
| 2 | S N Bhaile Eamonn1.2 km · Dublin 16 | 1.2 km | 75 |
−16.7%
|
| 3 | Marley Grange NS1.5 km · Dublin 16 | 1.5 km | 461 |
−7.6%
|
| 4 | Na Maighdine Muire Girl1.6 km · Dublin 16 | 1.6 km | 200 |
−28.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil an Maighdine Mhuire Boys1.7 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 1.7 km | 176 |
−29.3%
|
| 6 | Ballyroan B N S1.8 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 1.8 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
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
- Sarah Richards
- Phone
- 014942177
- [email protected]
- Address
- Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 Y1X3
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- 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
39 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 194 | 85 | 109 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 94 | 105 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 91 | 110 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 92 | 115 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 209 | 93 | 116 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 216 | 95 | 121 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 213 | 99 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 212 | 107 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 212 | 114 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 198 | 104 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 183 | 99 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 164 | 92 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 156 | 92 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 154 | 88 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 151 | 85 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 152 | 77 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 153 | 79 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 149 | 75 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 147 | 77 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 149 | 75 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 149 | 74 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 151 | 71 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 148 | 73 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 156 | 83 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 150 | 73 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 154 | 77 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 165 | 86 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 155 | 83 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 160 | 90 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 144 | 75 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 153 | 88 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 152 | 88 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 69 | 32 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 58 | 26 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 42 | 19 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 30 | 10 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 121 | 9 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |