Scoil Aine Naofa
Lucan · Roll number 19676P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 614
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +18%
- Up 96 from 518 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 332 / 282
- 54% girls
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
614 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 |
| 3rd Class | 147 | 149 | 143 | 153 | 138 | 144 | 145.7 |
| 4th Class | 149 | 148 | 149 | 151 | 154 | 141 | 148.7 |
| 5th Class | 150 | 154 | 151 | 155 | 159 | 161 | 155.0 |
| 6th Class | 150 | 151 | 154 | 160 | 160 | 168 | 157.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
138 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 141 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 1383rd Class2024/25
- 1414th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
153 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 161 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 1533rd Class2023/24
- 1544th Class2024/25
- 1615th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
143 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 168 in 6th Class (2025/26): 25 pupils more.
- 1433rd Class2022/23
- 1514th Class2023/24
- 1595th Class2024/25
- 1686th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
149 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 160 in 6th Class (2024/25): 11 pupils more.
- 1493rd Class2021/22
- 1494th Class2022/23
- 1555th Class2023/24
- 1606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
147 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 160 in 6th Class (2023/24): 13 pupils more.
- 1473rd Class2020/21
- 1484th Class2021/22
- 1515th Class2022/23
- 1606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
149 in 4th Class (2020/21), 154 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 1494th Class2020/21
- 1545th Class2021/22
- 1546th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
150 in 5th Class (2020/21), 151 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 1505th Class2020/21
- 1516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +103rd Class in 2023/24 (143 to 153)
- −153rd Class in 2024/25 (153 to 138)
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 Aine Naofa, 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 23 mainstream classes 23
- 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 teachers247.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.9
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 7 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.9 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8 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 Aine Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Aine NaofaThis school | – | 614 |
+18.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Thomas Junior National School0.0 km · Lucan | 0.0 km | 573 |
+3.1%
|
| 2 | Esker Educate Together NS0.8 km · Lucan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.8 km | 382 |
−11.2%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada0.8 km · Leamhcán · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 376 |
−22.0%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig0.9 km · Leamhcán · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 367 |
−23.1%
|
| 5 | St Marys N S1.2 km · Lucan | 1.2 km | 483 |
+14.2%
|
| 6 | Lucan B N S1.3 km · Lucan · Boys | 1.3 km | 501 |
−0.8%
|
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
- Conor Reilly
- Phone
- 016281972
- [email protected]
- Address
- Esker, Newcastle Road,, Lucan, Co Dublin, K78 PF57
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Lucan
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 614 | 332 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 141 | 161 | 168 |
| 2024/25 | 617 | 320 | 297 | – | – | – | – | 138 | 154 | 159 | 160 |
| 2023/24 | 619 | 312 | 307 | – | – | – | – | 153 | 151 | 155 | 160 |
| 2022/23 | 597 | 285 | 312 | – | – | – | – | 143 | 149 | 151 | 154 |
| 2021/22 | 602 | 287 | 315 | – | – | – | – | 149 | 148 | 154 | 151 |
| 2020/21 | 596 | 291 | 305 | – | – | – | – | 147 | 149 | 150 | 150 |
| 2019/20 | 594 | 282 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 566 | 267 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 530 | 250 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 525 | 241 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 518 | 246 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 538 | 261 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 551 | 275 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 531 | 276 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 489 | 249 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 489 | 245 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 495 | 238 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 502 | 234 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 492 | 243 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 477 | 217 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 457 | 208 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 390 | 182 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 380 | 169 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 389 | 175 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 363 | 168 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 380 | 173 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 378 | 184 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 372 | 183 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 389 | 192 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 375 | 177 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 375 | 165 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 393 | 179 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 410 | 174 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 408 | 170 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 301 | 120 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 188 | 67 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 102 | 39 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |