Scoil Fhiachra Soisir
Dublin 5 · Roll number 19496N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 557
- −25 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 183 from 740 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 292 / 265
- 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
557 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 | 155 | 143 | 137 | 138 | 145 | 126 | 140.7 |
| Senior Infants | 153 | 154 | 144 | 135 | 140 | 150 | 146.0 |
| 1st Class | 158 | 152 | 153 | 148 | 140 | 141 | 148.7 |
| 2nd Class | 180 | 162 | 153 | 156 | 157 | 140 | 158.0 |
| 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
145 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 150 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 145Junior Infants2024/25
- 150Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
138 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 141 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 138Junior Infants2023/24
- 140Senior Infants2024/25
- 1411st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
137 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 140 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 137Junior Infants2022/23
- 135Senior Infants2023/24
- 1401st Class2024/25
- 1402nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
143 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 143 pupils fewer.
- 143Junior Infants2021/22
- 144Senior Infants2022/23
- 1481st Class2023/24
- 1572nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
155 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 155 pupils fewer.
- 155Junior Infants2020/21
- 154Senior Infants2021/22
- 1531st Class2022/23
- 1562nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
153 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 153 pupils fewer.
- 153Senior Infants2020/21
- 1521st Class2021/22
- 1532nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
158 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 158 pupils fewer.
- 1581st Class2020/21
- 1622nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +10Senior Infants in 2025/26 (140 to 150)
- −19Junior Infants in 2025/26 (145 to 126)
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 Fhiachra Soisir, 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
35.9teaching 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 teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.49 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 Fhiachra Soisir, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Fhiachra SoisirThis school | – | 557 |
−24.7%
|
|
| 1 | St Fiachras Sen N S0.1 km · Dublin 5 | 0.1 km | 609 |
−3.8%
|
| 2 | St John of God N S0.6 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 182 |
+4.0%
|
| 3 | St Davids N S0.6 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 308 |
−1.9%
|
| 4 | Cromcastle Green B N S0.9 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 0.9 km | 183 |
−11.2%
|
| 5 | Scoil Nais Ide Cailini0.9 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 156 |
−4.9%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Cholmcille1.0 km · Baile Átha Cliath 17 · Gaelscoil | 1.0 km | 209 |
−14.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Pauline Keane
- Phone
- 018472367
- [email protected]
- Address
- Montrose Park, Artane, Dublin 5, D05 W248
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Beaumont–CoolockD5
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 | 557 | 292 | 265 | 126 | 150 | 141 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 582 | 305 | 277 | 145 | 140 | 140 | 157 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 577 | 315 | 262 | 138 | 135 | 148 | 156 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 587 | 316 | 271 | 137 | 144 | 153 | 153 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 611 | 323 | 288 | 143 | 154 | 152 | 162 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 646 | 338 | 308 | 155 | 153 | 158 | 180 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 652 | 330 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 673 | 336 | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 711 | 350 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 721 | 362 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 740 | 374 | 366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 720 | 360 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 686 | 328 | 358 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 694 | 338 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 669 | 313 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 632 | 307 | 325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 619 | 306 | 313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 651 | 306 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 619 | 287 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 647 | 297 | 350 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 659 | 305 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 645 | 299 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 645 | 307 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 649 | 303 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 661 | 301 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 662 | 298 | 364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 693 | 327 | 366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 673 | 320 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 640 | 297 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 608 | 276 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 567 | 250 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 551 | 250 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 573 | 281 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 863 | 462 | 401 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 898 | 477 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 916 | 485 | 431 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 930 | 479 | 451 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 913 | 471 | 442 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 834 | 460 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 597 | 321 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |