Our Lady of Wayside N S
Dublin 12 · Roll number 19764M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 114
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +5%
- Up 5 from 109 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 54 / 60
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1981
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
114 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 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 14.8 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14.8 |
| 1st Class | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 15.3 |
| 3rd Class | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 15.7 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14.8 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13.5 |
| 6th Class | 17 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 14.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 18 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 18Senior Infants2022/23
- 171st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 183rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 12Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 124th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 163rd Class2023/24
- 164th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
15 in 1st Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 151st Class2020/21
- 142nd Class2021/22
- 153rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 125th Class2024/25
- 156th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
16 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils fewer.
- 162nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 174th Class2022/23
- 135th Class2023/24
- 106th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
18 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 183rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 196th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +7Junior Infants in 2024/25 (12 to 19)
- −96th Class in 2024/25 (19 to 10)
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 Our Lady of Wayside 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
12.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers107.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.83 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. 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 Our Lady of Wayside N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Wayside N SThis school | – | 114 |
+4.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Cillin0.9 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 30 |
−6.2%
|
| 2 | Drimnagh Castle CBS N S0.9 km · Dublin 12 · Boys · DEIS | 0.9 km | 342 |
−21.7%
|
| 3 | S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School1.0 km · Dublin 12 · Girls | 1.0 km | 230 |
+26.4%
|
| 4 | Assumption Junior School1.0 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 434 |
−17.8%
|
| 5 | S N Muire gan Smal B1.1 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 331 |
+2.5%
|
| 6 | Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School1.3 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 1.3 km | 135 |
+0.7%
|
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
- Roisin O Shea
- Phone
- 014501030
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bluebell Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12, D12 KC63
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- 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
- Dolphin's Barn–D12
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
35 school years from 1981/82 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 114 | 54 | 60 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 59 | 66 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 128 | 50 | 78 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | 57 | 74 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 117 | 53 | 64 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 123 | 57 | 66 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 17 |
| 2019/20 | 117 | 56 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 115 | 52 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 116 | 57 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 118 | 59 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 109 | 56 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 125 | 62 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 122 | 60 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 118 | 63 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 109 | 54 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 112 | 55 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 105 | 48 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 55 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 123 | 55 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 113 | 60 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 112 | 58 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 114 | 58 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 106 | 53 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 89 | 47 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 111 | 56 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 125 | 68 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 142 | 68 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 135 | 61 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 145 | 60 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 151 | 63 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 152 | 66 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 154 | 66 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 152 | 72 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 159 | 82 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 174 | 86 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |