Scoil Naomh Colmcille
Dublin 13 · Roll number 19611K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 217
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +78%
- Up 95 from 122 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 132
- 39% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
217 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 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 41 | 51 | 48 | 55 | 50 | 48.7 |
| 4th Class | 59 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 57 | 51.7 |
| 5th Class | 62 | 58 | 55 | 44 | 49 | 53 | 53.5 |
| 6th Class | 55 | 63 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 57 | 56.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
0 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 0Junior Infants2022/23
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
1 in 1st Class (2023/24), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 49 pupils more.
- 11st Class2023/24
- 12nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
2 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 55 pupils more.
- 22nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
48 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
51 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 57 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 494th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 576th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
41 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 413rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 536th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
59 in 4th Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 594th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 626th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
62 in 5th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 625th Class2020/21
- 636th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +103rd Class in 2022/23 (41 to 51)
- −124th Class in 2021/22 (59 to 47)
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 Naomh Colmcille, 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
18.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers105 hours of support teaching a week 4.2
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and a specific learning disability class 4
13 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 27 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.2 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 13 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 Naomh Colmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh ColmcilleThis school | – | 217 |
+77.9%
|
|
| 1 | St Kevins Junior N S0.1 km · Dublin 13 | 0.1 km | 149 |
−8.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhride0.1 km · Dublin 13 | 0.1 km | 365 |
−3.9%
|
| 3 | Holy Trinity Sen N S0.1 km · Dublin 13 | 0.1 km | 397 |
+14.4%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol0.4 km · Dublin 13 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 84 | – |
| 5 | Stapolin Educate Together National School0.7 km · Dublin 13 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 340 | – |
| 6 | St Benedicts and St Marys National School1.0 km · Dublin 5 · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 1.0 km | 165 |
+24.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Annette O'Brien
- Phone
- 018477300
- [email protected]
- Address
- Newbrook Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13, D13 XP49
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Donaghmede–Howth–D13
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
38 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 217 | 85 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 57 | 53 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 222 | 94 | 128 | – | – | – | 1 | 55 | 50 | 49 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 100 | 116 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 53 |
| 2022/23 | 239 | 103 | 136 | 0 | – | – | – | 51 | 48 | 55 | 62 |
| 2021/22 | 236 | 99 | 137 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 47 | 58 | 63 |
| 2020/21 | 250 | 112 | 138 | – | – | – | – | 47 | 59 | 62 | 55 |
| 2019/20 | 217 | 99 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 185 | 91 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 149 | 68 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 129 | 50 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 122 | 45 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 130 | 50 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 133 | 49 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 126 | 45 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 120 | 46 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 130 | 42 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 130 | 46 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 126 | 47 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 138 | 55 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 123 | 59 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 113 | 59 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 109 | 54 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 122 | 60 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 152 | 69 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 161 | 72 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 160 | 75 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 163 | 81 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 152 | 75 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 178 | 85 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 194 | 94 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 93 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 233 | 97 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 270 | 115 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 508 | 231 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 453 | 200 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 378 | 156 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 229 | 100 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 116 | 60 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |