Scoil Padraig Naofa B
Blackrock · Roll number 19258U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 499
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −23%
- Down 148 from 647 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 499
- 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
499 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 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 65 | 56 | 53 | 64.8 |
| Senior Infants | 71 | 77 | 68 | 73 | 63 | 63 | 69.2 |
| 1st Class | 82 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 73 | 63 | 71.2 |
| 2nd Class | 80 | 80 | 68 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 70.5 |
| 3rd Class | 71 | 67 | 72 | 65 | 62 | 54 | 65.2 |
| 4th Class | 69 | 68 | 66 | 75 | 62 | 64 | 67.3 |
| 5th Class | 81 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 76 | 59 | 69.5 |
| 6th Class | 80 | 81 | 63 | 60 | 55 | 73 | 68.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 63 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 63Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
65 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 63 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 65Junior Infants2023/24
- 63Senior Infants2024/25
- 631st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
73 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 70 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 73Junior Infants2022/23
- 73Senior Infants2023/24
- 731st Class2024/25
- 702nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
68 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 54 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 14 pupils fewer.
- 68Junior Infants2021/22
- 68Senior Infants2022/23
- 661st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 543rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
74 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 64 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 74Junior Infants2020/21
- 77Senior Infants2021/22
- 721st Class2022/23
- 652nd Class2023/24
- 623rd Class2024/25
- 644th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
71 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 5th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 71Senior Infants2020/21
- 711st Class2021/22
- 682nd Class2022/23
- 653rd Class2023/24
- 624th Class2024/25
- 595th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
82 in 1st Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 821st Class2020/21
- 802nd Class2021/22
- 723rd Class2022/23
- 754th Class2023/24
- 765th Class2024/25
- 736th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
80 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): 25 pupils fewer.
- 802nd Class2020/21
- 673rd Class2021/22
- 664th Class2022/23
- 655th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
71 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): 11 pupils fewer.
- 713rd Class2020/21
- 684th Class2021/22
- 665th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
69 in 4th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils fewer.
- 694th Class2020/21
- 705th Class2021/22
- 636th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
81 in 5th Class (2020/21), 81 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 815th Class2020/21
- 816th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +186th Class in 2025/26 (55 to 73)
- −186th Class in 2022/23 (81 to 63)
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 Scoil Padraig Naofa B, 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
31teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
12.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 15.5 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 Scoil Padraig Naofa B, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Padraig Naofa BThis school | – | 499 |
−22.9%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks GNS0.1 km · Dublin 18 · Girls | 0.1 km | 478 |
−15.2%
|
| 2 | Kill-O'-The-Grange NS0.9 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 208 |
−4.6%
|
| 3 | All Saints N S1.1 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 51 |
−19.0%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Boys N S1.3 km · Dublin 18 · Boys | 1.3 km | 406 |
−20.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil na nAingeal1.4 km · Blackrock | 1.4 km | 410 |
−11.4%
|
| 6 | Dun Laoghaire ETNS1.5 km · Monkstown · Multi-denominational | 1.5 km | 177 | – |
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Barry O'Donovan
- Phone
- 012896042
- [email protected]
- Address
- Hollypark, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 FE02
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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Dunlaoghaire
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
43 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 | 499 | 0 | 499 | 53 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 54 | 64 | 59 | 73 |
| 2024/25 | 512 | – | 512 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 76 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 534 | 0 | 534 | 65 | 73 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 75 | 65 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 548 | – | 548 | 73 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 66 | 63 |
| 2021/22 | 582 | – | 582 | 68 | 77 | 71 | 80 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 81 |
| 2020/21 | 608 | – | 608 | 74 | 71 | 82 | 80 | 71 | 69 | 81 | 80 |
| 2019/20 | 623 | – | 623 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 649 | – | 649 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 654 | – | 654 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 638 | 0 | 638 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 647 | 0 | 647 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 635 | 0 | 635 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 606 | 0 | 606 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 593 | 0 | 593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 583 | 0 | 583 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 576 | 0 | 576 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 560 | 0 | 560 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 568 | 0 | 568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 568 | 0 | 568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 702 | 0 | 702 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 600 | 0 | 600 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 691 | 0 | 691 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 731 | 0 | 731 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 751 | 0 | 751 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 727 | 0 | 727 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 721 | 0 | 721 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 716 | 0 | 716 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 719 | – | 719 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 732 | 0 | 732 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 748 | 0 | 748 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 759 | – | 759 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 749 | – | 749 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 764 | – | 764 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 697 | 0 | 697 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 706 | 0 | 706 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 730 | 0 | 730 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 712 | 0 | 712 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 718 | 0 | 718 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 756 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 776 | 0 | 776 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 785 | 0 | 785 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 769 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 741 | 0 | 741 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |