St Catherines Infant School
Dublin 7 · Roll number 17466R
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 139
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −35%
- Down 76 from 215 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 99 / 40
- 71% 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
139 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 | 44 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 41.3 |
| Senior Infants | 39 | 38 | 37 | 32 | 47 | 45 | 39.7 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 35 | 37 | 29 | 33 | 46 | 37.5 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 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
52 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
39 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 46 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 461st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 30 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
35 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 35 pupils fewer.
- 35Junior Infants2021/22
- 37Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 44 pupils fewer.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 371st Class2022/23
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 39 pupils fewer.
- 39Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 45 pupils fewer.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Senior Infants in 2024/25 (32 to 47)
- −101st Class in 2021/22 (45 to 35)
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 Infant 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
16teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.96 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.96 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 Catherines Infant School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Catherines Infant SchoolThis school | – | 139 |
−35.3%
|
|
| 1 | Dominican Convent Girls Senior School0.1 km · Dublin 7 · Girls · DEIS | 0.1 km | 148 |
−3.9%
|
| 2 | North Dublin Muslim NS0.3 km · Dublin 7 · Muslim | 0.3 km | 391 |
+64.3%
|
| 3 | S N Eoin Bosco Buach0.5 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 0.5 km | 290 |
−21.0%
|
| 4 | S N Eoin Bosco Nai Buac0.5 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 0.5 km | 146 |
−40.9%
|
| 5 | Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.0.6 km · Dublin 7 · Girls | 0.6 km | 352 |
−17.8%
|
| 6 | Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.0.7 km · Dublin 7 · Boys · DEIS | 0.7 km | 126 |
−5.3%
|
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
- Katie Harte
- Phone
- 018684046
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ratoath Road, Cabra, Dublin 7, D07 TP21
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- 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
- Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
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 | 139 | 99 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 140 | 98 | 42 | 52 | 47 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 112 | 81 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 116 | 81 | 35 | 30 | 37 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 120 | 78 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 140 | 94 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 136 | 91 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 146 | 104 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 163 | 116 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 189 | 132 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 215 | 157 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 212 | 153 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 182 | 135 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 132 | 98 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 128 | 94 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 124 | 99 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 138 | 113 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 134 | 105 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 135 | 105 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 128 | 104 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 133 | 114 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 118 | 99 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 118 | 97 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 130 | 105 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 140 | 117 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 156 | 124 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 163 | 133 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 215 | 168 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 237 | 173 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 277 | 203 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 266 | 189 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 247 | 170 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 279 | 177 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 273 | 187 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 281 | 186 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 335 | 224 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 364 | 245 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 394 | 275 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 443 | 293 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 513 | 305 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 567 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 270 | 270 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |