Finglas Parochial National School
Dublin 11 · Roll number 18205R
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 94
- +24 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +45%
- Up 29 from 65 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 37 / 57
- 39% 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
94 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 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 11.5 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 1st Class | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 2nd Class | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8.7 |
| 3rd Class | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7.7 |
| 4th Class | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 5th Class | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 8 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 8Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
7 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2023/24
- 7Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
8 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 13 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2022/23
- 8Senior Infants2023/24
- 111st Class2024/25
- 132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
10 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 102nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2020/21
- 8Senior Infants2021/22
- 81st Class2022/23
- 72nd Class2023/24
- 63rd Class2024/25
- 84th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Senior Infants2020/21
- 71st Class2021/22
- 82nd Class2022/23
- 83rd Class2023/24
- 84th Class2024/25
- 85th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
6 in 1st Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 61st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 63rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 95th Class2024/25
- 106th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
7 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 72nd Class2020/21
- 73rd Class2021/22
- 74th Class2022/23
- 95th Class2023/24
- 106th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
7 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 73rd Class2020/21
- 94th Class2021/22
- 95th Class2022/23
- 106th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
9 in 4th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 94th Class2020/21
- 115th Class2021/22
- 116th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
10 in 5th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 105th Class2020/21
- 106th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2025/26 (9 to 27)
- −31st Class in 2025/26 (11 to 8)
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 Finglas Parochial National 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
9.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers32.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.32 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Finglas Parochial National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finglas Parochial National SchoolThis school | – | 94 |
+44.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior0.2 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.2 km | 180 |
+24.1%
|
| 2 | St Brigids Infant N S0.4 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 140 |
−37.2%
|
| 3 | St Canices G N S0.5 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.5 km | 473 |
+4.2%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Senior Girls0.5 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.5 km | 137 |
−25.1%
|
| 5 | St Malachys NS0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 131 |
−5.1%
|
| 6 | St Oliver Plunkett N S0.8 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 110 |
−30.8%
|
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
- Rachel Adams
- Phone
- 018347349
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Street, Finglas, Dublin 11, D11 XT35
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- 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
- Scribblestown–FinglasWest
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 | 94 | 37 | 57 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | 70 | 32 | 38 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 66 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 65 | 28 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | 69 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| 2020/21 | 60 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 62 | 36 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 60 | 34 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 63 | 35 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 64 | 35 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 65 | 33 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 60 | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 65 | 33 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 59 | 32 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 59 | 35 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 63 | 38 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 62 | 34 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 63 | 31 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 70 | 35 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 65 | 34 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 65 | 36 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 70 | 37 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 65 | 31 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 64 | 30 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 67 | 31 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 70 | 32 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 73 | 32 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 82 | 37 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 75 | 33 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 74 | 32 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 79 | 35 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 83 | 36 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 81 | 35 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 75 | 23 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 71 | 31 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 71 | 34 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 86 | 39 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 88 | 41 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 92 | 43 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 100 | 44 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 87 | 35 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |