St Patricks GNS
Dublin 18 · Roll number 19259W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 478
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 86 from 564 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 478 / 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
478 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 | 64 | 62 | 58 | 56 | 43 | 51 | 55.7 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 67 | 64 | 57 | 57 | 45 | 57.3 |
| 1st Class | 63 | 56 | 69 | 64 | 56 | 63 | 61.8 |
| 2nd Class | 74 | 65 | 59 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 65.5 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 74 | 67 | 59 | 68 | 67 | 65.8 |
| 4th Class | 92 | 60 | 75 | 65 | 58 | 71 | 70.2 |
| 5th Class | 81 | 93 | 59 | 77 | 64 | 59 | 72.2 |
| 6th Class | 71 | 78 | 89 | 57 | 75 | 65 | 72.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 63 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 57Senior Infants2024/25
- 631st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
58 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 58Junior Infants2022/23
- 57Senior Infants2023/24
- 561st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
62 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 67 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 62Junior Infants2021/22
- 64Senior Infants2022/23
- 641st Class2023/24
- 662nd Class2024/25
- 673rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
64 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 71 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2020/21
- 67Senior Infants2021/22
- 691st Class2022/23
- 722nd Class2023/24
- 683rd Class2024/25
- 714th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 561st Class2021/22
- 592nd Class2022/23
- 593rd Class2023/24
- 584th Class2024/25
- 595th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
63 in 1st Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 631st Class2020/21
- 652nd Class2021/22
- 673rd Class2022/23
- 654th Class2023/24
- 645th Class2024/25
- 656th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
74 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 742nd Class2020/21
- 743rd Class2021/22
- 754th Class2022/23
- 775th Class2023/24
- 756th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 604th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 576th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
92 in 4th Class (2020/21), 89 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 924th Class2020/21
- 935th Class2021/22
- 896th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
81 in 5th Class (2020/21), 78 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 815th Class2020/21
- 786th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +185th Class in 2023/24 (59 to 77)
- −345th Class in 2022/23 (93 to 59)
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 Patricks 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
25.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers and 6 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 Patricks GNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks GNSThis school | – | 478 |
−15.2%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Padraig Naofa B0.1 km · Blackrock · Boys | 0.1 km | 499 |
−22.9%
|
| 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 nAingeal1.5 km · Blackrock | 1.5 km | 410 |
−11.4%
|
| 6 | St Brigids N S1.6 km · Stillorgan · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 100 |
+1.0%
|
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
- Bernadette Gunning
- Phone
- 012893293
- [email protected]
- Address
- Foxrock Avenue, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 V659
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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 | 478 | 478 | 0 | 51 | 45 | 63 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 59 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 487 | 487 | – | 43 | 57 | 56 | 66 | 68 | 58 | 64 | 75 |
| 2023/24 | 507 | 507 | 0 | 56 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 59 | 65 | 77 | 57 |
| 2022/23 | 540 | 540 | 0 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 59 | 89 |
| 2021/22 | 555 | 555 | – | 62 | 67 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 60 | 93 | 78 |
| 2020/21 | 559 | 559 | – | 64 | 54 | 63 | 74 | 60 | 92 | 81 | 71 |
| 2019/20 | 568 | 568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 572 | 572 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 568 | 568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 559 | 559 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 564 | 564 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 537 | 537 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 538 | 538 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 526 | 526 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 507 | 507 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 504 | 504 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 481 | 481 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 472 | 472 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 453 | 453 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 470 | 470 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 472 | 472 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 578 | 578 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 626 | 626 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 647 | 647 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 660 | 660 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 653 | 653 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 647 | 647 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 653 | 653 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 651 | 651 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 649 | 649 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 658 | 658 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 678 | 678 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 697 | 697 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 558 | 558 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 602 | 602 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 591 | 591 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 610 | 610 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 620 | 620 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 617 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 625 | 625 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 592 | 592 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 590 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 586 | 586 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |