St Patrick GNS
Dublin 16 · Roll number 19114T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 472
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 44 from 516 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 384 / 88
- 81% 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
472 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 | 115 | 100 | 117 | 98 | 72 | 91 | 98.8 |
| Senior Infants | 118 | 115 | 96 | 118 | 102 | 76 | 104.2 |
| 1st Class | 56 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 54 | 49 | 50.3 |
| 2nd Class | 50 | 58 | 49 | 47 | 43 | 57 | 50.7 |
| 3rd Class | 43 | 51 | 60 | 52 | 43 | 45 | 49.0 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 51 | 41 | 50.0 |
| 5th Class | 62 | 57 | 43 | 53 | 59 | 54 | 54.7 |
| 6th Class | 62 | 60 | 60 | 47 | 55 | 59 | 57.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
72 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 76 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 72Junior Infants2024/25
- 76Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
98 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 49 pupils fewer.
- 98Junior Infants2023/24
- 102Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
117 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 60 pupils fewer.
- 117Junior Infants2022/23
- 118Senior Infants2023/24
- 541st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
100 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 45 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 55 pupils fewer.
- 100Junior Infants2021/22
- 96Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 432nd Class2024/25
- 453rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
115 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 41 in 4th Class (2025/26): 74 pupils fewer.
- 115Junior Infants2020/21
- 115Senior Infants2021/22
- 481st Class2022/23
- 472nd Class2023/24
- 433rd Class2024/25
- 414th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
118 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 64 pupils fewer.
- 118Senior Infants2020/21
- 491st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
56 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 561st Class2020/21
- 582nd Class2021/22
- 603rd Class2022/23
- 594th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
50 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 502nd Class2020/21
- 513rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 535th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
43 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 433rd Class2020/21
- 444th Class2021/22
- 435th Class2022/23
- 476th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 575th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
62 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 625th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +22Senior Infants in 2023/24 (96 to 118)
- −26Junior Infants in 2024/25 (98 to 72)
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 Patrick GNS, 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
28.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers160 hours of support teaching a week 6.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
11.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 11.32 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 Patrick GNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick GNSThis school | – | 472 |
−8.5%
|
|
| 1 | Ballyroan B N S0.4 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 0.4 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
| 2 | Rathfarnham Parish N S0.8 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 0.8 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Dublin 16 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 187 |
−22.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Colmcille Naofa1.1 km · Dublin 16 | 1.1 km | 721 |
−11.5%
|
| 5 | St Colmcille Senior N S1.1 km · Dublin 16 | 1.1 km | 744 |
+4.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire Boys1.4 km · Dublin 14 · Boys | 1.4 km | 367 |
−19.9%
|
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
- Anna Jennings
- Phone
- 014946566
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyroan, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 XK80
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
- Rathfarnham
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 | 472 | 384 | 88 | 91 | 76 | 49 | 57 | 45 | 41 | 54 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 479 | 384 | 95 | 72 | 102 | 54 | 43 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 520 | 404 | 116 | 98 | 118 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 53 | 47 |
| 2022/23 | 524 | 406 | 118 | 117 | 96 | 48 | 49 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 534 | 408 | 126 | 100 | 115 | 49 | 58 | 51 | 44 | 57 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 560 | 425 | 135 | 115 | 118 | 56 | 50 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 62 |
| 2019/20 | 562 | 438 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 558 | 427 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 568 | 424 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 539 | 409 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 516 | 391 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 513 | 387 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 496 | 365 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 468 | 354 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 468 | 352 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 456 | 345 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 435 | 342 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 438 | 338 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 424 | 329 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 431 | 332 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 407 | 319 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 419 | 340 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 441 | 360 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 472 | 380 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 483 | 390 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 483 | 404 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 515 | 429 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 568 | 469 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 604 | 499 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 640 | 534 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 650 | 549 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 660 | 557 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 670 | 560 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 820 | 703 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 848 | 737 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 890 | 772 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 936 | 809 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 956 | 787 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 946 | 777 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 972 | 768 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 942 | 709 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |