St Patricks Boys National School
Donabate · Roll number 16267G
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 370
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 13 from 383 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 370
- 0% 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
370 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 | 46 | 37 | 33 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 42.7 |
| Senior Infants | 50 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 45 | 43 | 43.0 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 36 | 49 | 45.8 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 43.5 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 38 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 43 | 47.5 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 58 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 47 | 49.3 |
| 5th Class | 56 | 46 | 58 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 50.7 |
| 6th Class | 58 | 55 | 47 | 60 | 43 | 48 | 51.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
46 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 35 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 352nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 43 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 41Senior Infants2022/23
- 441st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 433rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 46Junior Infants2020/21
- 45Senior Infants2021/22
- 481st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 474th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 50Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 502nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 473rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 486th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 383rd Class2021/22
- 404th Class2022/23
- 425th Class2023/24
- 436th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 584th Class2021/22
- 585th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 465th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
56 in 5th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 565th Class2020/21
- 556th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +136th Class in 2023/24 (47 to 60)
- −183rd Class in 2021/22 (56 to 38)
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 Patricks Boys 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
24.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 1
14.81 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 17.14 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 Patricks Boys National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks Boys National SchoolThis school | – | 370 |
−3.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N C Naomh Padraig0.1 km · Donabate · Girls | 0.1 km | 376 |
−12.1%
|
| 2 | Donabate/Portrane Educate Together NS0.6 km · Donabate · Multi-denominational | 0.6 km | 414 |
−16.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil na Mara0.8 km · Domhnach Bat · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.8 km | 123 | – |
| 4 | Rush NS3.7 km · Rush | 3.7 km | 698 |
−6.6%
|
| 5 | Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS4.2 km · Lusk · Multi-denominational | 4.2 km | 393 |
−2.2%
|
| 6 | Corduff N S4.5 km · Lusk | 4.5 km | 83 |
−25.2%
|
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
- Brian Horan
- Phone
- 018436168
- [email protected]
- Address
- Donabate, Co. Dublin, K36 W309
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Donabate
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 | 370 | 0 | 370 | 51 | 43 | 49 | 35 | 43 | 47 | 54 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 371 | – | 371 | 46 | 45 | 36 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 48 | 43 |
| 2023/24 | 371 | 0 | 371 | 43 | 34 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 48 | 42 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 364 | – | 364 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 40 | 58 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 378 | – | 378 | 37 | 45 | 50 | 49 | 38 | 58 | 46 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | 398 | – | 398 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 38 | 56 | 46 | 56 | 58 |
| 2019/20 | 394 | – | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 388 | – | 388 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 377 | – | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 394 | 0 | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 383 | 0 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 385 | 0 | 385 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 383 | 0 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 376 | 0 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 370 | 0 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 360 | 0 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 362 | 0 | 362 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 342 | 0 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 345 | 0 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 331 | 0 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 345 | 0 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 361 | 0 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 361 | 0 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 347 | 0 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 348 | 0 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 355 | 0 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 333 | 0 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 314 | 0 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 285 | 0 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 251 | 0 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 216 | – | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 187 | – | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 187 | – | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 229 | 0 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 225 | 0 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 215 | 0 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 210 | 0 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 205 | 0 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 184 | 0 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 171 | 0 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 144 | 0 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |