Scoil Colmcille Naofa
Dublin 16 · Roll number 19474D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 721
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 94 from 815 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 348 / 373
- 48% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
721 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 | 189 | 189 | 205 | 181 | 170 | 179 | 185.5 |
| Senior Infants | 188 | 187 | 189 | 204 | 175 | 164 | 184.5 |
| 1st Class | 205 | 189 | 185 | 189 | 200 | 179 | 191.2 |
| 2nd Class | 194 | 201 | 190 | 182 | 187 | 199 | 192.2 |
| 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
170 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 164 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 170Junior Infants2024/25
- 164Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
181 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 179 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 181Junior Infants2023/24
- 175Senior Infants2024/25
- 1791st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
205 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 199 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 205Junior Infants2022/23
- 204Senior Infants2023/24
- 2001st Class2024/25
- 1992nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
189 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 189 pupils fewer.
- 189Junior Infants2021/22
- 189Senior Infants2022/23
- 1891st Class2023/24
- 1872nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
189 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 189 pupils fewer.
- 189Junior Infants2020/21
- 187Senior Infants2021/22
- 1851st Class2022/23
- 1822nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
188 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 188 pupils fewer.
- 188Senior Infants2020/21
- 1891st Class2021/22
- 1902nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
205 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 205 pupils fewer.
- 2051st Class2020/21
- 2012nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Junior Infants in 2022/23 (189 to 205)
- −29Senior Infants in 2024/25 (204 to 175)
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 Colmcille 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
41.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 42 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 29 mainstream classes 29
- 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 teachers242.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
16.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.7 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 18.32 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 Scoil Colmcille Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Colmcille NaofaThis school | – | 721 |
−11.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Colmcille Senior N S0.0 km · Dublin 16 | 0.0 km | 744 |
+4.9%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 16 · Gaelscoil | 0.7 km | 233 |
−1.3%
|
| 3 | St Patrick GNS1.1 km · Dublin 16 | 1.1 km | 472 |
−8.5%
|
| 4 | Rathfarnham Parish N S1.3 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil Carmel1.4 km · Dublin 24 | 1.4 km | 313 |
−30.1%
|
| 6 | Ballyroan B N S1.5 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 1.5 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
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
- David Curtin
- Phone
- 014947422
- [email protected]
- Address
- Idrone Avenue, Knocklyon, Dublin 16, D16 H337
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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
41 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 721 | 348 | 373 | 179 | 164 | 179 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 738 | 367 | 371 | 170 | 175 | 200 | 187 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 756 | 365 | 391 | 181 | 204 | 189 | 182 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 769 | 381 | 388 | 205 | 189 | 185 | 190 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 766 | 365 | 401 | 189 | 187 | 189 | 201 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 776 | 371 | 405 | 189 | 188 | 205 | 194 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 788 | 379 | 409 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 806 | 389 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 817 | 403 | 414 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 827 | 406 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 815 | 402 | 413 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 792 | 391 | 401 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 762 | 366 | 396 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 757 | 352 | 405 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 731 | 351 | 380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 723 | 349 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 698 | 337 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 673 | 340 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 673 | 341 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 702 | 355 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 714 | 350 | 364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 728 | 338 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 734 | 334 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 736 | 341 | 395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 720 | 339 | 381 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 735 | 352 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 755 | 374 | 381 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 811 | 394 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 824 | 389 | 435 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 817 | 388 | 429 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 782 | 359 | 423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 744 | 333 | 411 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 751 | 321 | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 565 | 234 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 540 | 208 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 744 | 300 | 444 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 608 | 251 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 496 | 199 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 259 | 115 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 103 | 45 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |