An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois

Dublin 24 · Roll number 19652B

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
167
−12 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−41%
Down 117 from 284 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
95 / 72
57% girls
Teachers
about 18
10 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

Pupils since 1980

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

167 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants36
  • Senior Infants40
  • 1st Class38
  • 2nd Class53
  • 3rd Class0
  • 4th Class0
  • 5th Class0
  • 6th Class0

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 60 50 47 41 39 36 45.5
Senior Infants 56 55 47 44 42 40 47.3
1st Class 68 51 49 49 45 38 50.0
2nd Class 49 65 52 49 48 53 52.7
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 2020/21

60 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 60 pupils fewer.

  1. 60Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 55Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 491st Class2022/23
  4. 492nd Class2023/24
  5. 04th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +162nd Class in 2021/22 (49 to 65)
  • −171st Class in 2021/22 (68 to 51)

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 An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois, 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 10 mainstream classes 10
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers130 hours of support teaching a week 5.2
  • Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2

10.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 4.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.83 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 An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
An Chroi Ro Naofa SoisThis school – 167
−41.2%
1 S N an Croi Ro Naofa0.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS 0.1 km 213
−26.3%
2 Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Sin0.6 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS 0.6 km 145
−1.4%
3 Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Junior0.7 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS 0.7 km 141
−23.4%
4 St Martin de Porres N S0.8 km · Dublin 24 0.8 km 383
−12.6%
5 Tallaght Community National School0.9 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational · DEIS 0.9 km 151
+57.3%
6 Scoil Chaitlin Maude1.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 24 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational · DEIS 1.1 km 284
−9.3%
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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
Orla McLoughlin
Address
Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 FY81

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Dublin
School type
Ordinary with Special Classes
School level
Junior
DEIS
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
Firhouse–Oldbawn

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

37 school years from 1980/81 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 167 95 72 364038530000
2024/25 179 101 78 39424548––––
2023/24 191 99 92 41444949––––
2022/23 207 103 104 47474952––––
2021/22 232 117 115 50555165––––
2020/21 245 132 113 60566849––––
2019/20 258 128 130 ––––––––
2018/19 264 131 133 ––––––––
2017/18 267 129 138 ––––––––
2016/17 289 142 147 ––––––––
2015/16 284 144 140 ––––––––
2014/15 297 155 142 ––––––––
2013/14 284 140 144 ––––––––
2012/13 272 125 147 ––––––––
2011/12 277 134 143 ––––––––
2010/11 273 129 144 ––––––––
2009/10 294 142 152 ––––––––
2008/09 298 149 149 ––––––––
2007/08 301 145 156 ––––––––
2006/07 292 138 154 ––––––––
2005/06 265 123 142 ––––––––
2004/05 268 126 142 ––––––––
2003/04 274 126 148 ––––––––
2002/03 272 115 157 ––––––––
2001/02 257 111 146 ––––––––
2000/01 272 123 149 ––––––––
1999/00 270 115 155 ––––––––
1998/99 290 143 147 ––––––––
1997/98 322 165 157 ––––––––
1996/97 340 169 171 ––––––––
1995/96 367 194 173 ––––––––
1994/95 374 188 186 ––––––––
1993/94 387 186 201 ––––––––
1983/84 775 325 450 ––––––––
1982/83 475 199 276 ––––––––
1981/82 303 129 174 ––––––––
1980/81 96 40 56 ––––––––