St Canices G N S
Dublin 11 · Roll number 18683H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 473
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +4%
- Up 19 from 454 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 473 / 0
- 100% 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
473 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 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 62 | 46 | 52 | 55.5 |
| Senior Infants | 58 | 53 | 65 | 54 | 62 | 51 | 57.2 |
| 1st Class | 65 | 57 | 53 | 67 | 54 | 64 | 60.0 |
| 2nd Class | 68 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 63 | 60 | 60.7 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 66 | 68 | 59 | 57 | 66 | 62.7 |
| 4th Class | 63 | 59 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 56 | 62.0 |
| 5th Class | 61 | 67 | 59 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 63.0 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 63 | 65 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 62.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
46 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 51 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2024/25
- 51Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
62 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 64 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 62Junior Infants2023/24
- 62Senior Infants2024/25
- 641st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
55 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 60 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 55Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 541st Class2024/25
- 602nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
64 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 66 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2021/22
- 65Senior Infants2022/23
- 671st Class2023/24
- 632nd Class2024/25
- 663rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 573rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 58Senior Infants2020/21
- 571st Class2021/22
- 582nd Class2022/23
- 593rd Class2023/24
- 594th Class2024/25
- 595th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
65 in 1st Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 651st Class2020/21
- 622nd Class2021/22
- 683rd Class2022/23
- 674th Class2023/24
- 655th Class2024/25
- 656th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
68 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 682nd Class2020/21
- 663rd Class2021/22
- 684th Class2022/23
- 675th Class2023/24
- 656th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
63 in 4th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 634th Class2020/21
- 675th Class2021/22
- 656th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
61 in 5th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 615th Class2020/21
- 636th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2023/24 (53 to 67)
- −16Junior Infants in 2024/25 (62 to 46)
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 G 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
30.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers145 hours of support teaching a week 5.8
5.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers and 5.66 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 St Canices G N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Canices G N SThis school | – | 473 |
+4.2%
|
|
| 1 | St Canices B N S0.3 km · Dublin 11 · Boys · DEIS | 0.3 km | 355 |
−17.8%
|
| 2 | Finglas Parochial National School0.5 km · Dublin 11 · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.5 km | 94 |
+44.6%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Ui Earcain0.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath 11 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.5 km | 248 |
−15.1%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 180 |
+24.1%
|
| 5 | Mother of Divine Grace0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 480 |
−2.8%
|
| 6 | St Malachys NS0.8 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 131 |
−5.1%
|
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
- Dearbhla White
- Phone
- 018342072
- [email protected]
- Address
- Seamus Ennis Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, D11 C927
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 | 473 | 473 | 0 | 52 | 51 | 64 | 60 | 66 | 56 | 59 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 471 | 471 | – | 46 | 62 | 54 | 63 | 57 | 59 | 65 | 65 |
| 2023/24 | 489 | 489 | 0 | 62 | 54 | 67 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 67 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 491 | 491 | – | 55 | 65 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 68 | 59 | 65 |
| 2021/22 | 491 | 491 | – | 64 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 59 | 67 | 63 |
| 2020/21 | 485 | 485 | – | 54 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 486 | 486 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 477 | 477 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 472 | 472 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 460 | 460 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 454 | 454 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 452 | 452 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 418 | 418 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 401 | 401 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 398 | 398 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 401 | 401 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 416 | 416 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 391 | 391 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 396 | 396 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 377 | 377 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 401 | 401 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 412 | 412 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 425 | 425 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 436 | 436 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 434 | 434 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 459 | 459 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 479 | 479 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 466 | 466 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 478 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 468 | 468 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 452 | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 451 | 451 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 453 | 453 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 523 | 523 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 527 | 527 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 532 | 532 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 547 | 547 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 606 | 606 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 688 | 688 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 746 | 746 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 788 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 836 | 836 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |