St Malachys NS
Dublin 11 · Roll number 19619D
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 131
- −20 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 7 from 138 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 62 / 69
- 47% 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
131 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3.0 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 24 | 31.7 |
| 4th Class | 41 | 28 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 35.7 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 39 | 28 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 36.2 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 39 | 39 | 28 | 44 | 34 | 36.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 37 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 353rd Class2024/25
- 374th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
28 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 334th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
36 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 363rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 395th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
39 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 44 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 393rd Class2021/22
- 404th Class2022/23
- 425th Class2023/24
- 446th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
41 in 4th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 414th Class2020/21
- 395th Class2021/22
- 396th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +166th Class in 2024/25 (28 to 44)
- −134th Class in 2021/22 (41 to 28)
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 Malachys NS, 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
12.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 1
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10 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 Malachys NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Malachys NSThis school | – | 131 |
−5.1%
|
|
| 1 | St Oliver Plunkett N S0.1 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 110 |
−30.8%
|
| 2 | Finglas Parochial National School0.7 km · Dublin 11 · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.7 km | 94 |
+44.6%
|
| 3 | St Brigids Infant N S0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 140 |
−37.2%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 180 |
+24.1%
|
| 5 | St Brigids Senior Girls0.8 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 137 |
−25.1%
|
| 6 | St Canices G N S0.8 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.8 km | 473 |
+4.2%
|
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
- Michelle Eustace
- Phone
- 018345875
- [email protected]
- Address
- St. Helena's Road, FINGLAS, DUBLIN 11, D11 Y880
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Scribblestown–FinglasWest
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 | 131 | 62 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 37 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 151 | 73 | 78 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 33 | 39 | 44 |
| 2023/24 | 133 | 70 | 63 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 35 | 42 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 143 | 78 | 65 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 40 | 28 | 39 |
| 2021/22 | 145 | 80 | 65 | – | – | – | – | 39 | 28 | 39 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 139 | 76 | 63 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 41 | 36 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 148 | 77 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 145 | 67 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 142 | 60 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 149 | 66 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 138 | 61 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 122 | 54 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 135 | 60 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 121 | 49 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 120 | 47 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 130 | 46 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 141 | 55 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 157 | 60 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 161 | 57 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 156 | 62 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 156 | 59 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 151 | 59 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 158 | 64 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 150 | 56 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 149 | 61 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 172 | 74 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 150 | 72 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 165 | 71 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 184 | 81 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 173 | 80 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 198 | 78 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 206 | 93 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 224 | 96 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 540 | 261 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 553 | 262 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 465 | 226 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 354 | 168 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 200 | 92 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |