Carysfort NS
Blackrock · Roll number 14586M
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 583
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +7%
- Up 38 from 545 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 330 / 253
- 57% 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
583 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 | 85 | 81 | 83 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 81.0 |
| Senior Infants | 82 | 86 | 81 | 86 | 74 | 79 | 81.3 |
| 1st Class | 80 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 78 | 81.0 |
| 2nd Class | 84 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 79.8 |
| 3rd Class | 65 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 68 | 59 | 66.7 |
| 4th Class | 80 | 64 | 72 | 67 | 64 | 69 | 69.3 |
| 5th Class | 51 | 80 | 56 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 65.8 |
| 6th Class | 69 | 53 | 74 | 53 | 70 | 68 | 64.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
78 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 79 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 78Junior Infants2024/25
- 79Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
77 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 78 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 77Junior Infants2023/24
- 74Senior Infants2024/25
- 781st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
83 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 83 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 83Junior Infants2022/23
- 86Senior Infants2023/24
- 841st Class2024/25
- 832nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
81 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 59 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 22 pupils fewer.
- 81Junior Infants2021/22
- 81Senior Infants2022/23
- 821st Class2023/24
- 792nd Class2024/25
- 593rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
85 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 69 in 4th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 85Junior Infants2020/21
- 86Senior Infants2021/22
- 821st Class2022/23
- 782nd Class2023/24
- 683rd Class2024/25
- 694th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
82 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 65 in 5th Class (2025/26): 17 pupils fewer.
- 82Senior Infants2020/21
- 801st Class2021/22
- 772nd Class2022/23
- 663rd Class2023/24
- 644th Class2024/25
- 655th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
80 in 1st Class (2020/21), 68 in 6th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 801st Class2020/21
- 782nd Class2021/22
- 693rd Class2022/23
- 674th Class2023/24
- 715th Class2024/25
- 686th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
84 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 70 in 6th Class (2024/25): 14 pupils fewer.
- 842nd Class2020/21
- 733rd Class2021/22
- 724th Class2022/23
- 725th Class2023/24
- 706th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
65 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils fewer.
- 653rd Class2020/21
- 644th Class2021/22
- 565th Class2022/23
- 536th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
80 in 4th Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils fewer.
- 804th Class2020/21
- 805th Class2021/22
- 746th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
51 in 5th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 515th Class2020/21
- 536th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +295th Class in 2021/22 (51 to 80)
- −245th Class in 2022/23 (80 to 56)
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 Carysfort 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
31.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers147.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.9
9.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.9 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 11.66 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 Carysfort NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carysfort NSThis school | – | 583 |
+7.0%
|
|
| 1 | Booterstown N S0.7 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 85 |
−18.3%
|
| 2 | All Saints N S0.9 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 51 |
−19.0%
|
| 3 | Scoil na nAingeal0.9 km · Blackrock | 0.9 km | 410 |
−11.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Lorcáin1.2 km · Baile na Manach · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 485 |
−0.6%
|
| 5 | Our Lady of Mercy Convent School1.5 km · Booterstown · Girls | 1.5 km | 247 |
+1.2%
|
| 6 | St Brigids N S1.6 km · Stillorgan · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 100 |
+1.0%
|
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
- Fiona Collins
- Phone
- 012885803
- [email protected]
- Address
- Convent Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 Y516
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Booterstown–Blackrock
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 | 583 | 330 | 253 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 83 | 59 | 69 | 65 | 68 |
| 2024/25 | 588 | 321 | 267 | 78 | 74 | 84 | 79 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 70 |
| 2023/24 | 581 | 323 | 258 | 77 | 86 | 82 | 78 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 53 |
| 2022/23 | 594 | 325 | 269 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 56 | 74 |
| 2021/22 | 595 | 313 | 282 | 81 | 86 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 64 | 80 | 53 |
| 2020/21 | 596 | 305 | 291 | 85 | 82 | 80 | 84 | 65 | 80 | 51 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 596 | 299 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 579 | 288 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 572 | 290 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 543 | 275 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 545 | 275 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 515 | 257 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 524 | 265 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 499 | 261 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 472 | 257 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 475 | 259 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 459 | 256 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 480 | 278 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 483 | 279 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 492 | 274 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 499 | 269 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 501 | 279 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 493 | 265 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 499 | 265 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 511 | 271 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 476 | 258 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 462 | 245 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 452 | 236 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 419 | 220 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 395 | 198 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 393 | 189 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 385 | 185 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 386 | 178 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 276 | 153 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 270 | 150 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 251 | 134 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 240 | 133 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 235 | 143 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 258 | 179 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 300 | 215 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 349 | 254 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |