St Aidans NS
Dublin 24 · Roll number 19834H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 244
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −23%
- Down 72 from 316 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 122 / 122
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
244 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 | 59 | 46 | 61 | 57 | 60 | 54 | 56.2 |
| 4th Class | 59 | 60 | 52 | 68 | 58 | 65 | 60.3 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 60 | 63 | 52 | 66 | 58 | 59.3 |
| 6th Class | 82 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 67 | 66.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 65 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 603rd Class2024/25
- 654th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
57 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 58 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 584th Class2024/25
- 585th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
61 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 67 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 613rd Class2022/23
- 684th Class2023/24
- 665th Class2024/25
- 676th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
46 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 58 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 463rd Class2021/22
- 524th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 586th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
59 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 593rd Class2020/21
- 604th Class2021/22
- 635th Class2022/23
- 656th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
59 in 4th Class (2020/21), 65 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 594th Class2020/21
- 605th Class2021/22
- 656th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +164th Class in 2023/24 (52 to 68)
- −236th Class in 2021/22 (82 to 59)
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 Aidans 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
24.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers230 hours of support teaching a week 9.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a mild general learning disability class 2
12 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12 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 St Aidans NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidans NSThis school | – | 244 |
−22.8%
|
|
| 1 | St Brigids N S0.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 206 |
−28.0%
|
| 2 | St Thomas Junior N S0.8 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 300 |
−27.5%
|
| 3 | St Thomas Senior N S0.8 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 331 |
−25.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Aoife CNS0.9 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.9 km | 342 |
+1,800.0%
|
| 5 | Tallaght Community National School0.9 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.9 km | 151 |
+57.3%
|
| 6 | St Annes Primary School1.0 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 301 |
−30.6%
|
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
- Tomas Hayes
- Phone
- 014596016
- [email protected]
- Address
- Brookfield, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 XN24
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Tallaght
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 244 | 122 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 65 | 58 | 67 |
| 2024/25 | 244 | 118 | 126 | – | – | – | – | 60 | 58 | 66 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | 246 | 113 | 133 | – | – | – | – | 57 | 68 | 52 | 65 |
| 2022/23 | 254 | 121 | 133 | – | – | – | – | 61 | 52 | 63 | 65 |
| 2021/22 | 236 | 115 | 121 | – | – | – | – | 46 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 269 | 136 | 133 | – | – | – | – | 59 | 59 | 57 | 82 |
| 2019/20 | 292 | 149 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 303 | 160 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 329 | 169 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 327 | 162 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 316 | 164 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 323 | 154 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 317 | 151 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 331 | 169 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 341 | 166 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 339 | 168 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 354 | 170 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 342 | 159 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 340 | 164 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 319 | 150 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 315 | 150 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 315 | 153 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 309 | 154 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 303 | 147 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 291 | 139 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 283 | 143 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 288 | 145 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 295 | 159 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 309 | 162 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 332 | 158 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 338 | 165 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 357 | 166 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 359 | 181 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |