S N Caitriona Naionain
Dublin 5 · Roll number 18362K
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 178
- −16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 39 from 217 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 103 / 75
- 58% 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
178 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 | 52 | 51 | 66 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 58.3 |
| Senior Infants | 80 | 51 | 51 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 63.0 |
| 1st Class | 89 | 77 | 56 | 49 | 63 | 71 | 67.5 |
| 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
62 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 58 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 62Junior Infants2024/25
- 58Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
70 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 71 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 70Junior Infants2023/24
- 69Senior Infants2024/25
- 711st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
66 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 66 pupils fewer.
- 66Junior Infants2022/23
- 69Senior Infants2023/24
- 631st Class2024/25
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 51 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 51Senior Infants2022/23
- 491st Class2023/24
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 52 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 51Senior Infants2021/22
- 561st Class2022/23
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
80 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 80 pupils fewer.
- 80Senior Infants2020/21
- 771st Class2021/22
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
89 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 89 pupils fewer.
- 891st Class2020/21
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Senior Infants in 2023/24 (51 to 69)
- −29Senior Infants in 2021/22 (80 to 51)
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 Caitriona Naionain, 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
16.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
4.98 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.7 special education teachers and 4.98 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 Caitriona Naionain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Caitriona NaionainThis school | – | 178 |
−18.0%
|
|
| 1 | SN Caitriona Girls0.1 km · Dublin 5 · Girls · DEIS | 0.1 km | 185 |
−4.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhreandain0.2 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 0.2 km | 136 |
−9.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Neasain0.4 km · Baile Átha Cliath 5 · Gaelscoil | 0.4 km | 241 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Convent N S0.8 km · Dublin 5 · Girls | 0.8 km | 369 |
−14.4%
|
| 5 | St Brigids Boys N S1.2 km · Dublin 5 · Boys | 1.2 km | 287 |
−23.7%
|
| 6 | St Davids N S1.2 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 308 |
−1.9%
|
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
- Yvonne Whelan
- Phone
- 0861610671
- [email protected]
- Address
- Measc Avenue, Coolock, Dublin 5, D05 FC92
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- 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 | 178 | 103 | 75 | 49 | 58 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 114 | 80 | 62 | 69 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 188 | 112 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 173 | 105 | 68 | 66 | 51 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 179 | 105 | 74 | 51 | 51 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 221 | 126 | 95 | 52 | 80 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 248 | 145 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 236 | 126 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 221 | 115 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 205 | 108 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 217 | 120 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 220 | 116 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 223 | 129 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 214 | 120 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 215 | 122 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 225 | 114 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 241 | 127 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 243 | 127 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 243 | 134 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 246 | 126 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 256 | 140 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 262 | 139 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 262 | 139 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 282 | 151 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 316 | 169 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 329 | 182 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 331 | 178 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 344 | 189 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 376 | 200 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 362 | 207 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 373 | 217 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 417 | 225 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 448 | 241 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 526 | 297 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 526 | 297 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 529 | 284 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 548 | 289 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 570 | 317 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 655 | 369 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 729 | 405 | 324 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 792 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 792 | 439 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |