S N Peadar agus Pol N
Balbriggan · Roll number 16972E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 357
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −24%
- Down 116 from 473 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 185 / 172
- 52% 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
357 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 | 108 | 93 | 111 | 75 | 85 | 99 | 95.2 |
| Senior Infants | 106 | 108 | 97 | 108 | 73 | 84 | 96.0 |
| 1st Class | 109 | 105 | 104 | 99 | 107 | 71 | 99.2 |
| 2nd Class | 112 | 105 | 108 | 104 | 93 | 103 | 104.2 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
85 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 84 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 85Junior Infants2024/25
- 84Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
75 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 71 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 75Junior Infants2023/24
- 73Senior Infants2024/25
- 711st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
111 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 103 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 111Junior Infants2022/23
- 108Senior Infants2023/24
- 1071st Class2024/25
- 1032nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
93 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 93 pupils fewer.
- 93Junior Infants2021/22
- 97Senior Infants2022/23
- 991st Class2023/24
- 932nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
108 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 108 pupils fewer.
- 108Junior Infants2020/21
- 108Senior Infants2021/22
- 1041st Class2022/23
- 1042nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
106 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 106 pupils fewer.
- 106Senior Infants2020/21
- 1051st Class2021/22
- 1082nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
109 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 109 pupils fewer.
- 1091st Class2020/21
- 1052nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2022/23 (93 to 111)
- −36Junior Infants in 2023/24 (111 to 75)
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 S N Peadar agus Pol N, 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
21.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers142.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.7
7.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.7 special education teachers and 7.32 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 S N Peadar agus Pol N, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Peadar agus Pol NThis school | – | 357 |
−24.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Molaga Senior NS0.7 km · Balbriggan | 0.7 km | 422 |
−5.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chormaic1.1 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 362 |
−15.2%
|
| 3 | St Georges N S1.1 km · Balbriggan · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 339 |
−16.3%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Teresa1.2 km · Balbriggan · DEIS | 1.2 km | 364 |
−14.8%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin1.2 km · Baile Brigín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 1.2 km | 306 |
−34.2%
|
| 6 | Balbriggan Educate Together NS1.2 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.2 km | 356 |
−10.8%
|
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
- Siobhan Whelan
- Phone
- 018412670
- [email protected]
- Address
- Chapel Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 PD27
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Balbriggan
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 | 357 | 185 | 172 | 99 | 84 | 71 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 358 | 192 | 166 | 85 | 73 | 107 | 93 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 386 | 189 | 197 | 75 | 108 | 99 | 104 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 420 | 205 | 215 | 111 | 97 | 104 | 108 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 411 | 206 | 205 | 93 | 108 | 105 | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 435 | 211 | 224 | 108 | 106 | 109 | 112 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 440 | 213 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 441 | 207 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 444 | 201 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 465 | 216 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 473 | 214 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 468 | 209 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 460 | 207 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 452 | 195 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 449 | 198 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 458 | 217 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 472 | 225 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 481 | 239 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 452 | 232 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 459 | 240 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 428 | 229 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 386 | 196 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 376 | 186 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 326 | 148 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 281 | 124 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 252 | 116 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 247 | 117 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 246 | 118 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 230 | 107 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 231 | 108 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 237 | 109 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 230 | 102 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 238 | 111 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 191 | 89 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 172 | 89 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 170 | 76 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 178 | 87 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 191 | 85 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 193 | 84 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 187 | 69 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 142 | 48 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |