St Catherines West N S

Dublin 8 · Roll number 15625B

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  • Church Of Ireland ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
193
+6 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−9%
Down 19 from 212 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
87 / 106
45% girls
Teachers
about 13
8 class teachers, 24.1 pupils per class. Who they are

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

193 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants28
  • Senior Infants25
  • 1st Class25
  • 2nd Class23
  • 3rd Class21
  • 4th Class26
  • 5th Class24
  • 6th Class21

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 26 27 23 26 24 28 25.7
Senior Infants 25 24 26 22 25 25 24.5
1st Class 21 24 25 24 22 25 23.5
2nd Class 21 22 22 27 22 23 22.8
3rd Class 25 22 24 22 26 21 23.3
4th Class 30 24 22 23 24 26 24.8
5th Class 31 28 24 22 22 24 25.2
6th Class 31 31 28 24 22 21 26.2

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.

  1. 26Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 24Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 251st Class2022/23
  4. 272nd Class2023/24
  5. 263rd Class2024/25
  6. 264th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +52nd Class in 2023/24 (22 to 27)
  • −64th Class in 2021/22 (30 to 24)

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 Catherines West N S, 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

12.6teaching posts

Our estimate: about 13 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6

4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 3.7 special education teachers and 4 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 St Catherines West N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to St Catherines West N S
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
St Catherines West N SThis school – 193
−9.0%
1 Scoil Treasa Naofa0.3 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS 0.3 km 175
−3.8%
2 Griffith Barracks Multi D School0.4 km · Dublin 8 · Multi-denominational 0.4 km 403
+60.6%
3 Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior0.4 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS 0.4 km 83
−9.8%
4 Presentation Primary School0.5 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS 0.5 km 223
−18.9%
5 St Brigids Primary School0.8 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS 0.8 km 229
−11.6%
6 St Clares Convent N S0.9 km · Dublin 6W 0.9 km 163
−46.9%
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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
Karen Jordan
Address
Donore Avenue, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 YR66

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
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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 193 87 106 2825252321262421
2024/25 187 82 105 2425222226242222
2023/24 190 92 98 2622242722232224
2022/23 194 97 97 2326252224222428
2021/22 202 101 101 2724242222242831
2020/21 210 106 104 2625212125303131
2019/20 206 110 96 ––––––––
2018/19 214 115 99 ––––––––
2017/18 216 117 99 ––––––––
2016/17 207 111 96 ––––––––
2015/16 212 106 106 ––––––––
2014/15 183 91 92 ––––––––
2013/14 161 78 83 ––––––––
2012/13 140 69 71 ––––––––
2011/12 130 62 68 ––––––––
2010/11 130 60 70 ––––––––
2009/10 121 54 67 ––––––––
2008/09 120 54 66 ––––––––
2007/08 103 49 54 ––––––––
2006/07 87 43 44 ––––––––
2005/06 92 48 44 ––––––––
2004/05 88 44 44 ––––––––
2003/04 88 46 42 ––––––––
2002/03 88 42 46 ––––––––
2001/02 85 42 43 ––––––––
2000/01 93 43 50 ––––––––
1999/00 93 41 52 ––––––––
1998/99 94 41 53 ––––––––
1997/98 92 46 46 ––––––––
1996/97 97 46 51 ––––––––
1995/96 96 48 48 ––––––––
1994/95 98 49 49 ––––––––
1993/94 98 47 51 ––––––––
1982/83 67 34 33 ––––––––
1981/82 63 33 30 ––––––––
1980/81 57 32 25 ––––––––
1979/80 52 30 22 ––––––––
1978/79 23 11 12 ––––––––
1977/78 25 15 10 ––––––––
1976/77 27 18 9 ––––––––
1975/76 21 – – ––––––––
1974/75 14 8 6 ––––––––