Bantiarna na mBuanna Boys
Dublin 9 · Roll number 18910P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 174
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 20 from 194 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 174
- 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
174 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 37 | 33 | 42 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 34.8 |
| 3rd Class | 41 | 37 | 32 | 41 | 30 | 36 | 36.2 |
| 4th Class | 45 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 36.7 |
| 5th Class | 40 | 45 | 36 | 43 | 28 | 40 | 38.7 |
| 6th Class | 40 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 43 | 31 | 40.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
32 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 292nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
42 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 413rd Class2023/24
- 374th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
33 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 332nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
37 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 372nd Class2020/21
- 373rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 435th Class2023/24
- 436th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
41 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 413rd Class2020/21
- 384th Class2021/22
- 365th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
45 in 4th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 454th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
40 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 405th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +125th Class in 2025/26 (28 to 40)
- −155th Class in 2024/25 (43 to 28)
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 Bantiarna na mBuanna Boys, 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
14.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 10 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 Bantiarna na mBuanna Boys, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantiarna na mBuanna BoysThis school | – | 174 |
−10.3%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady of Victories Infant N S0.1 km · Dublin 9 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 192 |
−28.6%
|
| 2 | Bantiarna na mBuanna Girls0.1 km · Dublin 9 · Girls · DEIS | 0.1 km | 176 |
+4.1%
|
| 3 | Scoil an Tseachtar Laoch0.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath 11 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.5 km | 165 |
−21.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil na Croi Naofa0.7 km · Dublin 11 · Boys | 0.7 km | 404 |
−12.9%
|
| 5 | SN an Spioraid Naiomh C0.8 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.8 km | 249 |
−18.1%
|
| 6 | Holy Spirit B N S0.8 km · Dublin 11 · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 229 |
−33.8%
|
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
- Roisin Hickey
- Phone
- 018375255
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballymun Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, D09 HC90
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Whitehall–SantryD9
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 | 174 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 40 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 170 | – | 170 | – | – | – | 32 | 30 | 37 | 28 | 43 |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 0 | 184 | – | – | – | 29 | 41 | 30 | 43 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 195 | – | 195 | – | – | – | 42 | 32 | 39 | 36 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 192 | – | 192 | – | – | – | 33 | 37 | 38 | 45 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 203 | – | 203 | – | – | – | 37 | 41 | 45 | 40 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 200 | – | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 200 | – | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 201 | – | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 201 | 0 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 195 | 0 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 185 | 0 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 181 | 0 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 178 | 0 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 183 | 0 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 183 | 0 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 189 | 0 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 179 | 0 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 181 | 0 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 199 | 0 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 193 | 0 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 185 | 0 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 187 | 0 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 193 | – | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 180 | 0 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 176 | – | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 181 | – | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 175 | – | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 171 | – | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 317 | 0 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 344 | 0 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 375 | 0 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 381 | 0 | 381 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 390 | 0 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 391 | 0 | 391 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 449 | 0 | 449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 519 | 0 | 519 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |