St Josephs Senior N S
Dublin 11 · Roll number 19583I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 161
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +30%
- Up 37 from 124 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 72 / 89
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
161 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 36 | 40 | 37.5 |
| 4th Class | 33 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 34 | 36.8 |
| 5th Class | 35 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 45 | 37.0 |
| 6th Class | 39 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 42 | 35.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
0 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 34 in 4th Class (2025/26): 34 pupils more.
- 02nd Class2023/24
- 363rd Class2024/25
- 344th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
42 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 45 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 423rd Class2023/24
- 424th Class2024/25
- 455th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
38 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 42 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 383rd Class2022/23
- 414th Class2023/24
- 395th Class2024/25
- 426th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
34 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 343rd Class2021/22
- 364th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 354th Class2021/22
- 355th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
33 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 334th Class2020/21
- 335th Class2021/22
- 336th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
35 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 355th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2025/26 (32 to 42)
- −84th Class in 2025/26 (42 to 34)
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 Josephs Senior N S, 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7 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 St Josephs Senior N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Senior N SThis school | – | 161 |
+29.8%
|
|
| 1 | St Josephs JNR0.1 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 138 |
−2.8%
|
| 2 | Holy Spirit B N S0.6 km · Dublin 11 · Boys · DEIS | 0.6 km | 229 |
−33.8%
|
| 3 | SN an Spioraid Naiomh C0.6 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.6 km | 249 |
−18.1%
|
| 4 | Virgin Mary Girls National School0.9 km · Dublin 9 · Girls · DEIS | 0.9 km | 160 |
+20.3%
|
| 5 | S N na Maighdine Muire B1.0 km · Dublin 9 · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 151 |
+12.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil an Tseachtar Laoch1.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 11 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.1 km | 165 |
−21.4%
|
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
- Philip Fitzgerald
- Phone
- 018422600
- [email protected]
- Address
- Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun, Dublin 11, D11 HY03
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- FinglasEast–BallymunD11
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
39 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 161 | 72 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 45 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 65 | 89 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 42 | 39 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 66 | 85 | – | – | – | 0 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 142 | 62 | 80 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 36 | 35 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 137 | 56 | 81 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 35 | 33 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 142 | 68 | 74 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 33 | 35 | 39 |
| 2019/20 | 138 | 69 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 143 | 66 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 141 | 67 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 127 | 57 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 124 | 64 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 130 | 74 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 129 | 70 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 158 | 78 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 160 | 81 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 168 | 79 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 179 | 90 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 185 | 92 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 197 | 86 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 202 | 92 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 225 | 98 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 222 | 98 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 233 | 101 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 237 | 97 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 241 | 97 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 260 | 111 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 256 | 111 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 255 | 112 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 269 | 127 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 244 | 106 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 270 | 117 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 284 | 128 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 289 | 129 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 406 | 200 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 429 | 202 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 422 | 203 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 402 | 187 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 383 | 192 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 320 | 160 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |