S N Eoin Bosco Buach
Dublin 7 · Roll number 17912O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 290
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 77 from 367 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 290
- 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
290 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 70 | 62 | 57 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 59.3 |
| 3rd Class | 80 | 72 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 63.5 |
| 4th Class | 75 | 79 | 73 | 60 | 56 | 60 | 67.2 |
| 5th Class | 82 | 74 | 78 | 72 | 59 | 58 | 70.5 |
| 6th Class | 113 | 79 | 72 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 79.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 55 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 553rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 60 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 592nd Class2023/24
- 563rd Class2024/25
- 604th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
57 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 58 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 564th Class2024/25
- 585th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
62 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 62 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 622nd Class2021/22
- 613rd Class2022/23
- 604th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 626th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
70 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 702nd Class2020/21
- 723rd Class2021/22
- 734th Class2022/23
- 725th Class2023/24
- 716th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
80 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 77 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 803rd Class2020/21
- 794th Class2021/22
- 785th Class2022/23
- 776th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
75 in 4th Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 754th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 726th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
82 in 5th Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 825th Class2020/21
- 796th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +56th Class in 2023/24 (72 to 77)
- −346th Class in 2021/22 (113 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 S N Eoin Bosco Buach, 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
23.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers172.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.9
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
14 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 14 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 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 S N Eoin Bosco Buach, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Eoin Bosco BuachThis school | – | 290 |
−21.0%
|
|
| 1 | Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.0.1 km · Dublin 7 · Girls | 0.1 km | 352 |
−17.8%
|
| 2 | S N Eoin Bosco Nai Buac0.1 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 0.1 km | 146 |
−40.9%
|
| 3 | North Dublin Muslim NS0.2 km · Dublin 7 · Muslim | 0.2 km | 391 |
+64.3%
|
| 4 | Dominican Convent Girls Senior School0.5 km · Dublin 7 · Girls · DEIS | 0.5 km | 148 |
−3.9%
|
| 5 | St Catherines Infant School0.5 km · Dublin 7 · DEIS | 0.5 km | 139 |
−35.3%
|
| 6 | Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.1.1 km · Dublin 7 · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 126 |
−5.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Emmanuel Bourke
- Phone
- 018380371
- [email protected]
- Address
- Navan Road, Dublin 7, D07 V654
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- Not 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 | 290 | 0 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 58 | 62 |
| 2024/25 | 307 | – | 307 | – | – | – | 53 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 71 |
| 2023/24 | 331 | 0 | 331 | – | – | – | 59 | 57 | 60 | 72 | 77 |
| 2022/23 | 347 | – | 347 | – | – | – | 57 | 61 | 73 | 78 | 72 |
| 2021/22 | 372 | – | 372 | – | – | – | 62 | 72 | 79 | 74 | 79 |
| 2020/21 | 420 | – | 420 | – | – | – | 70 | 80 | 75 | 82 | 113 |
| 2019/20 | 449 | – | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 442 | – | 442 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 440 | – | 440 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 408 | 0 | 408 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 367 | 0 | 367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 370 | 0 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 361 | 0 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 364 | 0 | 364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 399 | 0 | 399 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 417 | 0 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 412 | 0 | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 412 | 0 | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 430 | 0 | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 426 | 0 | 426 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 421 | 0 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 412 | 0 | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 428 | 0 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 428 | 0 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 445 | 0 | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 452 | 0 | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 468 | – | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 459 | 0 | 459 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 463 | 0 | 463 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 470 | – | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 476 | – | 476 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 494 | – | 494 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 503 | 0 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 514 | 0 | 514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 534 | 0 | 534 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 517 | 0 | 517 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 550 | 0 | 550 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 579 | 0 | 579 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 620 | 0 | 620 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 654 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 640 | 0 | 640 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |