St Canices B N S
Dublin 11 · Roll number 18682F
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 355
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 77 from 432 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 355
- 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
355 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 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 43.7 |
| Senior Infants | 45 | 44 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 43.8 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 44.7 |
| 2nd Class | 48 | 47 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 47 | 46.5 |
| 3rd Class | 52 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 47.8 |
| 4th Class | 51 | 52 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 49.2 |
| 5th Class | 55 | 53 | 53 | 44 | 49 | 49 | 50.5 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 52.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 39 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 39Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
45 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 43 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 431st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 45Senior Infants2023/24
- 431st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
44 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 44 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 44Junior Infants2021/22
- 46Senior Infants2022/23
- 451st Class2023/24
- 452nd Class2024/25
- 443rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 44Senior Infants2021/22
- 431st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 483rd Class2024/25
- 474th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 45Senior Infants2020/21
- 461st Class2021/22
- 502nd Class2022/23
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 495th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 476th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
48 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 482nd Class2020/21
- 463rd Class2021/22
- 474th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
52 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 523rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
51 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 514th Class2020/21
- 535th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
55 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 555th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +55th Class in 2024/25 (44 to 49)
- −95th Class in 2023/24 (53 to 44)
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 St Canices B N S, 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
26.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers230 hours of support teaching a week 9.2
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 8.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.32 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. 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 St Canices B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Canices B N SThis school | – | 355 |
−17.8%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Ui Earcain0.2 km · Baile Átha Cliath 11 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.2 km | 248 |
−15.1%
|
| 2 | St Canices G N S0.3 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.3 km | 473 |
+4.2%
|
| 3 | Mother of Divine Grace0.4 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 480 |
−2.8%
|
| 4 | Finglas Parochial National School0.8 km · Dublin 11 · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.8 km | 94 |
+44.6%
|
| 5 | St Malachys NS0.9 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 131 |
−5.1%
|
| 6 | St Oliver Plunkett N S1.0 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 1.0 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
- Gary Power
- Phone
- 018341585
- [email protected]
- Address
- Glasanaon Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, D11 TW01
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- FinglasEast–BallymunD11
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 | 355 | 0 | 355 | 39 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 372 | – | 372 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 368 | 0 | 368 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 390 | – | 390 | 47 | 46 | 43 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 53 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 386 | – | 386 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 400 | – | 400 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 51 | 55 | 57 |
| 2019/20 | 408 | – | 408 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 420 | – | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 430 | – | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 440 | 0 | 440 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 432 | 0 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 434 | 0 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 431 | 0 | 431 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 434 | 0 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 433 | 0 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 421 | 0 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 427 | 0 | 427 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 421 | 0 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 432 | 0 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 439 | 0 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 425 | 0 | 425 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 441 | 0 | 441 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 470 | 0 | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 457 | 0 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 468 | 0 | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 443 | 0 | 443 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 412 | – | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 393 | 0 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 382 | 0 | 382 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 351 | – | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 378 | – | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 410 | – | 410 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 535 | 0 | 535 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 545 | 0 | 545 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 572 | 0 | 572 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 577 | 0 | 577 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 631 | 0 | 631 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 684 | 0 | 684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 743 | 0 | 743 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 752 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 816 | 0 | 816 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |