Scoil Phoil Naofa
Dooradoyle · Roll number 19336O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 573
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 89 from 662 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 281 / 292
- 49% 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
573 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 | 73 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 72 | 64 | 66.8 |
| Senior Infants | 63 | 75 | 67 | 71 | 64 | 74 | 69.0 |
| 1st Class | 81 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 73.0 |
| 2nd Class | 85 | 80 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 75.5 |
| 3rd Class | 76 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 75.7 |
| 4th Class | 82 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 74 | 77.3 |
| 5th Class | 77 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 78.2 |
| 6th Class | 85 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 79.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
72 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 74 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 72Junior Infants2024/25
- 74Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
61 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 69 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 61Junior Infants2023/24
- 64Senior Infants2024/25
- 691st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
66 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 72 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 66Junior Infants2022/23
- 71Senior Infants2023/24
- 691st Class2024/25
- 722nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 72 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2021/22
- 67Senior Infants2022/23
- 741st Class2023/24
- 732nd Class2024/25
- 723rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
73 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 74 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 73Junior Infants2020/21
- 75Senior Infants2021/22
- 731st Class2022/23
- 732nd Class2023/24
- 743rd Class2024/25
- 744th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
63 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 72 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 63Senior Infants2020/21
- 721st Class2021/22
- 702nd Class2022/23
- 693rd Class2023/24
- 714th Class2024/25
- 725th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
81 in 1st Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 811st Class2020/21
- 802nd Class2021/22
- 793rd Class2022/23
- 784th Class2023/24
- 775th Class2024/25
- 766th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
85 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils fewer.
- 852nd Class2020/21
- 843rd Class2021/22
- 794th Class2022/23
- 795th Class2023/24
- 796th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
76 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 77 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 763rd Class2020/21
- 804th Class2021/22
- 815th Class2022/23
- 776th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
82 in 4th Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 824th Class2020/21
- 835th Class2021/22
- 796th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
77 in 5th Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 775th Class2020/21
- 796th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Senior Infants in 2021/22 (63 to 75)
- −102nd Class in 2022/23 (80 to 70)
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 Phoil Naofa, 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
36.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers260 hours of support teaching a week 10.4
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 10.3 special education teachers and 4.83 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 Phoil Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Phoil NaofaThis school | – | 573 |
−13.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Neassain1.4 km · Mungret | 1.4 km | 668 |
−7.9%
|
| 2 | Our Lady of Lourdes N S1.8 km · Limerick · DEIS | 1.8 km | 161 |
+11.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mathair de1.9 km · Limerick City | 1.9 km | 362 |
+24.4%
|
| 4 | Limerick City East Educate Together NS2.1 km · Mungret · Multi-denominational | 2.1 km | 373 |
+52.9%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil an Raithin2.2 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil | 2.2 km | 389 |
+37.0%
|
| 6 | An Mhodh Scoil2.3 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil | 2.3 km | 578 |
−11.9%
|
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
- John Tuohy
- Phone
- 061306645
- [email protected]
- Address
- St. Paul's School, Dooradoyle, V94 Y62V
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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 | 573 | 281 | 292 | 64 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 76 |
| 2024/25 | 579 | 289 | 290 | 72 | 64 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 582 | 286 | 296 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 78 | 79 | 77 |
| 2022/23 | 594 | 288 | 306 | 66 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 79 |
| 2021/22 | 618 | 305 | 313 | 65 | 75 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 79 |
| 2020/21 | 622 | 308 | 314 | 73 | 63 | 81 | 85 | 76 | 82 | 77 | 85 |
| 2019/20 | 628 | 307 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 647 | 317 | 330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 656 | 317 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 659 | 316 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 662 | 311 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 662 | 323 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 660 | 326 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 659 | 322 | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 662 | 316 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 628 | 308 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 628 | 317 | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 631 | 319 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 635 | 326 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 608 | 292 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 578 | 275 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 542 | 266 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 505 | 242 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 517 | 235 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 481 | 219 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 464 | 214 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 454 | 203 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 420 | 193 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 419 | 182 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 424 | 189 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 456 | 205 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 456 | 211 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 473 | 213 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 610 | 251 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 617 | 251 | 366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 624 | 245 | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 630 | 242 | 388 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 627 | 228 | 399 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 636 | 230 | 406 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 629 | 240 | 389 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 551 | 219 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 401 | 164 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |