South City CNS
Dublin 8 · Roll number 14556D
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 148
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +9%
- Up 12 from 136 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 80 / 68
- 54% 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
148 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 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19.8 |
| Senior Infants | 16 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 18.2 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 17.8 |
| 2nd Class | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 17.8 |
| 3rd Class | 17 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17.7 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 17.0 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 16.0 |
| 6th Class | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
19 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 23Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
9 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 21 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2021/22
- 14Senior Infants2022/23
- 211st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 213rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 193rd Class2024/25
- 164th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 173rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 165th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 172nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 204th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
14 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 142nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 186th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
17 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 173rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 156th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Junior Infants in 2022/23 (9 to 26)
- −14Junior Infants in 2021/22 (23 to 9)
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 South City CNS, 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
12.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers87.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.5
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.3 special education teachers and 2.83 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 South City CNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South City CNSThis school | – | 148 |
+8.8%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks0.3 km · Dublin 8 · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 24 |
−22.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil na mBrathar0.4 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 155 |
+24.0%
|
| 3 | St Brigids Primary School0.6 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 229 |
−11.6%
|
| 4 | St Audoens NS0.7 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 171 |
−9.0%
|
| 5 | Sancta Maria C B S0.8 km · Dublin 8 · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 0.8 km | 103 |
+58.5%
|
| 6 | Presentation Primary School0.8 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 223 |
−18.9%
|
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
- Mary Marren
- Phone
- 014757566
- [email protected]
- Address
- Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8, D08 FW29
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- City of Dublin Education and Training Board
- 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
- Dublin–8
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 | 148 | 80 | 68 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 161 | 83 | 78 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 146 | 64 | 82 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 137 | 66 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 123 | 61 | 62 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 129 | 64 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | 124 | 57 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 121 | 54 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 123 | 60 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 137 | 63 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 136 | 72 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 135 | 75 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 140 | 77 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 133 | 75 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 133 | 72 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 136 | 76 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 145 | 82 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 150 | 82 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 184 | 98 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 154 | 78 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 153 | 79 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 148 | 71 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 135 | 66 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 139 | 70 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 142 | 73 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 143 | 71 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 144 | 71 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 127 | 58 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 130 | 55 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 128 | 50 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 117 | 46 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 91 | 36 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 79 | 30 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 132 | 56 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 140 | 60 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 142 | 65 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 120 | 57 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 125 | 62 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 132 | 69 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 121 | 66 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 75 | 0 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |