St Patrick's National School
Greystones · Roll number 12554M
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 385
- −22 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +39%
- Up 108 from 277 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 191 / 194
- 50% 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
385 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 | 30 | 46 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 48 | 44.0 |
| Senior Infants | 31 | 31 | 49 | 44 | 51 | 45 | 41.8 |
| 1st Class | 29 | 43 | 38 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 42.8 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 33 | 55 | 43 | 47 | 42 | 43.0 |
| 3rd Class | 36 | 45 | 37 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 46.0 |
| 4th Class | 32 | 42 | 54 | 44 | 56 | 51 | 46.5 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 31 | 50 | 53 | 46 | 52 | 43.8 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 32 | 34 | 51 | 55 | 47 | 46.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
46 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 51Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 49Senior Infants2022/23
- 491st Class2023/24
- 472nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 381st Class2022/23
- 432nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 31Senior Infants2020/21
- 431st Class2021/22
- 552nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
29 in 1st Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 291st Class2020/21
- 332nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 444th Class2023/24
- 465th Class2024/25
- 476th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): 17 pupils more.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 535th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
36 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 15 pupils more.
- 363rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
32 in 4th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 324th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 346th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +222nd Class in 2022/23 (33 to 55)
- −286th Class in 2021/22 (60 to 32)
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 St Patrick's National 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
25.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor an early intervention class and an autism class 2
10.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.49 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 St Patrick's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's National SchoolThis school | – | 385 |
+39.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin0.4 km · Greystones | 0.4 km | 459 |
−12.9%
|
| 2 | St Brigids School0.4 km · Greystones | 0.4 km | 396 |
−22.4%
|
| 3 | Greystones Educate Together National School1.1 km · Greystones · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 440 |
+3.0%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath1.2 km · Na Clocha Liatha · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 1.2 km | 227 |
−37.8%
|
| 5 | St Laurences N S1.4 km · Greystones | 1.4 km | 666 |
+3.9%
|
| 6 | Delgany N S2.1 km · Delgany · Church of Ireland | 2.1 km | 209 |
−5.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Rachel Harper
- Phone
- 012875684
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Road, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63 EY42
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Greystones
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
43 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 | 385 | 191 | 194 | 48 | 45 | 50 | 42 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 407 | 205 | 202 | 46 | 51 | 48 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 46 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 394 | 198 | 196 | 49 | 44 | 49 | 43 | 56 | 44 | 53 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 362 | 186 | 176 | 45 | 49 | 38 | 55 | 37 | 54 | 50 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | 303 | 154 | 149 | 46 | 31 | 43 | 33 | 45 | 42 | 31 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 287 | 150 | 137 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 273 | 146 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 266 | 138 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 280 | 139 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 276 | 143 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 277 | 142 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 276 | 145 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 268 | 147 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 234 | 125 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 227 | 122 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 232 | 121 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 230 | 115 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 233 | 120 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 233 | 125 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 223 | 108 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 219 | 96 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 217 | 96 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 215 | 94 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 210 | 93 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 204 | 94 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 215 | 98 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 233 | 110 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 239 | 114 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 243 | 124 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 236 | 114 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 214 | 106 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 212 | 105 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 208 | 112 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 163 | 56 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 148 | 52 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 147 | 62 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 126 | 57 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 121 | 57 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 129 | 63 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 122 | 62 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 129 | 64 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 104 | 55 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |