Caisleain Nua Liamhna
Newcastle · Roll number 16461C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 626
- −18 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +30%
- Up 145 from 481 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 314 / 312
- 50% 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
626 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 | 75 | 78 | 64 | 80 | 79 | 77 | 75.5 |
| Senior Infants | 58 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 80 | 77 | 72.8 |
| 1st Class | 81 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 63 | 79 | 74.2 |
| 2nd Class | 73 | 83 | 70 | 85 | 80 | 64 | 75.8 |
| 3rd Class | 78 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 85 | 79 | 80.7 |
| 4th Class | 97 | 79 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 89 | 85.8 |
| 5th Class | 81 | 92 | 85 | 88 | 80 | 80 | 84.3 |
| 6th Class | 62 | 84 | 96 | 90 | 90 | 81 | 83.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
79 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 77 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 79Junior Infants2024/25
- 77Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
80 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 79 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 80Junior Infants2023/24
- 80Senior Infants2024/25
- 791st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
64 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 64 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 64Junior Infants2022/23
- 70Senior Infants2023/24
- 631st Class2024/25
- 642nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
78 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 79 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 78Junior Infants2021/22
- 77Senior Infants2022/23
- 801st Class2023/24
- 802nd Class2024/25
- 793rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 89 in 4th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2020/21
- 75Senior Infants2021/22
- 751st Class2022/23
- 852nd Class2023/24
- 853rd Class2024/25
- 894th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 80 in 5th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils more.
- 58Senior Infants2020/21
- 671st Class2021/22
- 702nd Class2022/23
- 773rd Class2023/24
- 794th Class2024/25
- 805th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
81 in 1st Class (2020/21), 81 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 811st Class2020/21
- 832nd Class2021/22
- 853rd Class2022/23
- 834th Class2023/24
- 805th Class2024/25
- 816th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
73 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2024/25): 17 pupils more.
- 732nd Class2020/21
- 803rd Class2021/22
- 884th Class2022/23
- 885th Class2023/24
- 906th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
78 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 783rd Class2020/21
- 794th Class2021/22
- 855th Class2022/23
- 906th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
97 in 4th Class (2020/21), 96 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 974th Class2020/21
- 925th Class2021/22
- 966th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
81 in 5th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 815th Class2020/21
- 846th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +226th Class in 2021/22 (62 to 84)
- −184th Class in 2021/22 (97 to 79)
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 Caisleain Nua Liamhna, 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
36.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 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 teachers202.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 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 11 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 Caisleain Nua Liamhna, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caisleain Nua LiamhnaThis school | – | 626 |
+30.1%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family National School2.6 km · Rathcoole | 2.6 km | 671 |
+6.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chronain2.9 km · Ráth Cúil · Gaelscoil | 2.9 km | 354 |
+9.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Padraig4.2 km · Celbridge | 4.2 km | 374 |
−3.4%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Mhuire4.4 km · Saggart | 4.4 km | 666 |
+7.2%
|
| 5 | Rathcoole ETNS4.4 km · Newcastle · Multi-denominational | 4.4 km | 114 | – |
| 6 | Citywest & Saggart Community National School4.5 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 4.5 km | 413 |
+90.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Jonathan Loftus
- Phone
- 014580114
- [email protected]
- Address
- Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, D22 A388
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Newcastle–Rathcoole
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 | 626 | 314 | 312 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 64 | 79 | 89 | 80 | 81 |
| 2024/25 | 644 | 329 | 315 | 79 | 80 | 63 | 80 | 85 | 79 | 80 | 90 |
| 2023/24 | 661 | 330 | 331 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 90 |
| 2022/23 | 652 | 324 | 328 | 64 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 85 | 88 | 85 | 96 |
| 2021/22 | 648 | 321 | 327 | 78 | 75 | 67 | 83 | 80 | 79 | 92 | 84 |
| 2020/21 | 615 | 299 | 316 | 75 | 58 | 81 | 73 | 78 | 97 | 81 | 62 |
| 2019/20 | 582 | 287 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 574 | 275 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 532 | 255 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 485 | 226 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 481 | 215 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 439 | 197 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 395 | 177 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 367 | 167 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 329 | 142 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 285 | 123 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 263 | 110 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 259 | 118 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 248 | 114 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 249 | 117 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 224 | 103 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 222 | 98 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 224 | 91 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 237 | 103 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 237 | 98 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 228 | 94 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 234 | 109 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 234 | 117 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 237 | 128 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 233 | 121 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 232 | 121 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 237 | 125 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 256 | 137 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 381 | 192 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 371 | 189 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 356 | 185 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 354 | 182 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 340 | 177 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 295 | 150 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 263 | 136 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 191 | 94 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |