Scoil Lorcain B
Dublin 20 · Roll number 18323A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 321
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 73 from 394 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 321
- 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
321 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 | 42 | 54 | 45 | 26 | 38 | 38 | 40.5 |
| Senior Infants | 47 | 41 | 54 | 43 | 27 | 37 | 41.5 |
| 1st Class | 42 | 47 | 40 | 55 | 45 | 26 | 42.5 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 42 | 46 | 38 | 54 | 44 | 44.2 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 38 | 42 | 45 | 37 | 51 | 43.2 |
| 4th Class | 48 | 47 | 37 | 42 | 45 | 38 | 42.8 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 51 | 46 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 44.8 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 48 | 53 | 42 | 40 | 43 | 46.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 37 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 37Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 26 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 261st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 44 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 43Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 442nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 38 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 41Senior Infants2021/22
- 401st Class2022/23
- 382nd Class2023/24
- 373rd Class2024/25
- 384th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 47Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 454th Class2024/25
- 445th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
42 in 1st Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 421st Class2020/21
- 422nd Class2021/22
- 423rd Class2022/23
- 424th Class2023/24
- 425th Class2024/25
- 436th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 383rd Class2021/22
- 374th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 465th Class2022/23
- 426th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
48 in 4th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 484th Class2020/21
- 515th Class2021/22
- 536th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +162nd Class in 2024/25 (38 to 54)
- −19Junior Infants in 2023/24 (45 to 26)
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 Lorcain B, 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
22.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers162.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8 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 Lorcain B, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Lorcain BThis school | – | 321 |
−18.5%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Bride C0.1 km · Dublin 20 · Girls | 0.1 km | 329 |
−8.6%
|
| 2 | St Louise de Marillac Primary School0.8 km · Dublin 10 · Girls · DEIS | 0.8 km | 256 |
−27.9%
|
| 3 | Bainrion na nAingal 20.8 km · Dublin 10 · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 133 |
+20.9%
|
| 4 | S N Banrion na nAingeal 10.8 km · Dublin 10 · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 171 |
+20.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Dublin 20 | 1.1 km | 176 |
−30.2%
|
| 6 | Chapelizod N S1.6 km · Dublin 20 · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 30 |
+20.0%
|
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
- Sinead Greally
- Phone
- 016267493
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Oval, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, D20 W227
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Ballyfermot–D10
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 | 321 | 0 | 321 | 38 | 37 | 26 | 44 | 51 | 38 | 44 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | 328 | – | 328 | 38 | 27 | 45 | 54 | 37 | 45 | 42 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 329 | 0 | 329 | 26 | 43 | 55 | 38 | 45 | 42 | 38 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 363 | – | 363 | 45 | 54 | 40 | 46 | 42 | 37 | 46 | 53 |
| 2021/22 | 368 | – | 368 | 54 | 41 | 47 | 42 | 38 | 47 | 51 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 366 | – | 366 | 42 | 47 | 42 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 379 | – | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 381 | – | 381 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 382 | – | 382 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 383 | 0 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 394 | 0 | 394 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 392 | 0 | 392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 371 | 0 | 371 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 362 | 0 | 362 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 352 | 0 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 359 | 0 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 365 | 0 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 385 | 0 | 385 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 402 | 0 | 402 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 420 | 0 | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 420 | 0 | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 428 | 0 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 445 | 0 | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 437 | 0 | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 443 | 0 | 443 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 450 | – | 450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 452 | – | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 481 | – | 481 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 483 | 0 | 483 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 497 | – | 497 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 546 | – | 546 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 533 | – | 533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 385 | 0 | 385 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 419 | 0 | 419 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 490 | 0 | 490 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 526 | 0 | 526 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 586 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 624 | 0 | 624 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 713 | 0 | 713 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 751 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 816 | 0 | 816 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |