Darndale NS Junior
Dublin 17 · Roll number 19454U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 159
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 52 from 211 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 83 / 76
- 52% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
159 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 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 47 | 33 | 34 | 38.5 |
| Senior Infants | 55 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 50 | 38 | 42.3 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 52 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 49 | 44.7 |
| 2nd Class | 44 | 57 | 54 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 44.2 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
33 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 50Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 38 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 382nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 37 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 36Senior Infants2022/23
- 351st Class2023/24
- 352nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 42 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 41Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 372nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 55 pupils fewer.
- 55Senior Infants2020/21
- 521st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 58 pupils fewer.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Senior Infants in 2024/25 (34 to 50)
- −172nd Class in 2023/24 (54 to 37)
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 Darndale NS Junior, 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
16.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers135 hours of support teaching a week 5.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
10.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 10.82 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Darndale NS Junior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darndale NS JuniorThis school | – | 159 |
−24.6%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady Immac Sen N S0.1 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 182 |
−9.0%
|
| 2 | St Josephs NS0.7 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 294 |
−14.5%
|
| 3 | St Francis Junior National School0.8 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 165 |
−15.8%
|
| 4 | St Francis Senior N S0.9 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 198 |
+15.1%
|
| 5 | St Pauls Sen NS0.9 km · Dublin 13 | 0.9 km | 236 |
0.0%
|
| 6 | St Pauls Junior National School1.0 km · Dublin 13 | 1.0 km | 206 |
−12.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Liam Murphy
- Phone
- 018476643
- [email protected]
- Address
- Our Lady Immac Jun Ns, Darndale, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, D17 TR25
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Darndale–D17
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 159 | 83 | 76 | 34 | 38 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 159 | 79 | 80 | 33 | 50 | 35 | 35 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 159 | 74 | 85 | 47 | 34 | 35 | 37 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 173 | 82 | 91 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 54 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 193 | 87 | 106 | 37 | 41 | 52 | 57 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 199 | 91 | 108 | 42 | 55 | 58 | 44 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 213 | 104 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 228 | 118 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 208 | 110 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 215 | 116 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 211 | 111 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 194 | 99 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 208 | 95 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 211 | 93 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 226 | 98 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 233 | 101 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 243 | 108 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 240 | 99 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 258 | 111 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 261 | 110 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 256 | 107 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 265 | 116 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 276 | 125 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 288 | 133 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 318 | 155 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 318 | 160 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 340 | 171 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 369 | 166 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 377 | 178 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 386 | 190 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 400 | 187 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 386 | 187 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 438 | 215 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 816 | 381 | 435 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 806 | 374 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 845 | 406 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 906 | 428 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 930 | 438 | 492 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 772 | 358 | 414 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 713 | 337 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 787 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |