Sandford Parish National School
Dublin 6 · Roll number 15618E
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 196
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 40 from 236 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 91 / 105
- 46% 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
196 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 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 22.8 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 24.8 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 26.5 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 27.7 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 28.2 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 28.5 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 28.0 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 26.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 22 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 25Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 271st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Junior Infants2020/21
- 29Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 281st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +66th Class in 2025/26 (24 to 30)
- −6Senior Infants in 2025/26 (23 to 17)
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 Sandford Parish 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
11.9teaching 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 teachers72.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.9
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers and 3 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 Sandford Parish National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandford Parish National SchoolThis school | – | 196 |
−16.9%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Lios na nOg0.6 km · Baile Átha Cliath 6 · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 188 |
−20.7%
|
| 2 | S N Brighde0.6 km · Baile Átha Cliath 6 · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 358 |
−25.6%
|
| 3 | St Marys Central N S0.6 km · Dublin 4 | 0.6 km | 587 |
+95.0%
|
| 4 | Ranelagh Multi Denom NS0.9 km · Dublin 6 · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 221 |
−8.7%
|
| 5 | Kildare Place N S1.1 km · Dublin 6 · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 189 |
−12.9%
|
| 6 | Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School1.4 km · Dublin 2 · Multi-denominational | 1.4 km | 294 | – |
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
- Jennie Kirwan
- Phone
- 014974277
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sandford Close, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 V2V6
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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Dublin6–Clonskeagh
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 | 196 | 91 | 105 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 97 | 103 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 212 | 101 | 111 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 220 | 105 | 115 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 222 | 115 | 107 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 229 | 121 | 108 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 231 | 118 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 233 | 121 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 236 | 118 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 231 | 116 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 236 | 115 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 234 | 108 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 236 | 103 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 233 | 106 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 234 | 97 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 230 | 89 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 219 | 86 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 228 | 88 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 232 | 94 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 236 | 103 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 224 | 97 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 221 | 90 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 216 | 89 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 214 | 94 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 186 | 83 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 153 | 72 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 160 | 81 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 174 | 83 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 173 | 85 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 172 | 81 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 173 | 80 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 173 | 75 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 176 | 72 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 161 | 66 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 164 | 69 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 160 | 63 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 168 | 71 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 161 | 64 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 164 | 68 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 161 | 62 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 176 | 77 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |