Scoil Chiarain
Dublin 5 · Roll number 17732M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 151
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +14%
- Up 19 from 132 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 151
- 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
151 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3.0 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 23 | 34 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 28 | 26.8 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 29 | 26.5 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 40 | 25.7 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 23.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
34 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 342nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 364th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
23 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +155th Class in 2025/26 (25 to 40)
- −112nd Class in 2023/24 (34 to 23)
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 Scoil Chiarain, 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
15.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
14.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 14.5 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 Scoil Chiarain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil ChiarainThis school | – | 151 |
+14.4%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady of Consolation NS0.1 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 310 |
+41.6%
|
| 2 | Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School0.6 km · Dublin 5 · Multi-denominational | 0.6 km | 176 | – |
| 3 | St Brigids Convent N S0.8 km · Dublin 5 · Girls | 0.8 km | 369 |
−14.4%
|
| 4 | St Vincent de Paul Senior School1.1 km · Dublin 9 | 1.1 km | 305 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | St Vincents de Paul Junior N S1.1 km · Dublin 9 | 1.1 km | 334 |
−18.3%
|
| 6 | S N Mhuire na mBrathar1.2 km · Marino | 1.2 km | 336 |
+6.0%
|
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
- Ciara Nic Airt
- Phone
- 018313072
- [email protected]
- Address
- Collins Avenue East, Killester, Dublin 5, D05 Y578
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Killester–Raheny–Clontarf
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 | 151 | 0 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 40 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 159 | – | 159 | – | – | – | 30 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 0 | 152 | – | – | – | 23 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 148 | – | 148 | – | – | – | 34 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | 127 | – | 127 | – | – | – | 23 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 130 | – | 130 | – | – | – | 25 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 133 | – | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 129 | – | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 136 | – | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 140 | 0 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 127 | 0 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 118 | 0 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 115 | 0 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 104 | 0 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 99 | 0 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 101 | 1 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 89 | 2 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 89 | 0 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 88 | 1 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 89 | 1 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 88 | 2 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 96 | 2 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 97 | 2 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 88 | 2 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 97 | 3 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 98 | 2 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 106 | 2 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 120 | – | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 126 | – | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 129 | – | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 133 | – | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 138 | – | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 290 | 0 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 309 | 0 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 333 | 0 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 359 | 0 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 386 | 0 | 386 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 400 | 0 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 446 | 0 | 446 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |