St Josephs NS
Dublin 17 · Roll number 19913D
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 294
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −14%
- Down 50 from 344 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 140 / 154
- 48% 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
294 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 | 31 | 46 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 34 | 36.8 |
| Senior Infants | 34 | 30 | 47 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 37.3 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 34 | 34 | 48 | 34 | 34 | 36.7 |
| 2nd Class | 36 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 46 | 37 | 37.2 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 47 | 39.2 |
| 4th Class | 50 | 53 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 40.7 |
| 5th Class | 49 | 48 | 52 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 42.3 |
| 6th Class | 53 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 35 | 33 | 44.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
37 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 40 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2024/25
- 40Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
36 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 34 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 341st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
37 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 37 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 37Junior Infants2022/23
- 38Senior Infants2023/24
- 341st Class2024/25
- 372nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 47 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 481st Class2023/24
- 462nd Class2024/25
- 473rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 334th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 34Senior Infants2020/21
- 341st Class2021/22
- 362nd Class2022/23
- 343rd Class2023/24
- 354th Class2024/25
- 365th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
36 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 361st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 333rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
36 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 362nd Class2020/21
- 353rd Class2021/22
- 384th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 356th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 526th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
50 in 4th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 504th Class2020/21
- 485th Class2021/22
- 486th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
49 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 495th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Senior Infants in 2022/23 (30 to 47)
- −183rd Class in 2021/22 (53 to 35)
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 Josephs 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
27.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers227.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12.49 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 Josephs NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs NSThis school | – | 294 |
−14.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Francis Junior National School0.6 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 165 |
−15.8%
|
| 2 | St Francis Senior N S0.7 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 198 |
+15.1%
|
| 3 | Darndale NS Junior0.7 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 159 |
−24.6%
|
| 4 | Our Lady Immac Sen N S0.8 km · Dublin 17 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 182 |
−9.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Nais Ide Cailini1.2 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 156 |
−4.9%
|
| 6 | Cromcastle Green B N S1.2 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 1.2 km | 183 |
−11.2%
|
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
- Rosemarie Gaffney
- Phone
- 018475616
- [email protected]
- Address
- Macroom Road, Bonnybrook, Dublin 17, D17 DY60
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
- Darndale–D17
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 | 294 | 140 | 154 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 47 | 33 | 36 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 295 | 136 | 159 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 46 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 317 | 143 | 174 | 36 | 38 | 48 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 52 |
| 2022/23 | 330 | 148 | 182 | 37 | 47 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 38 | 52 | 48 |
| 2021/22 | 334 | 149 | 185 | 46 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 53 | 48 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 348 | 150 | 198 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 53 |
| 2019/20 | 347 | 156 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 352 | 156 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 342 | 152 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 345 | 153 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 344 | 157 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 322 | 149 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 335 | 163 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 324 | 163 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 329 | 161 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 342 | 164 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 357 | 164 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 360 | 165 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 344 | 155 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 370 | 161 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 375 | 161 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 396 | 163 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 405 | 177 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 407 | 181 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 415 | 187 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 420 | 199 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 442 | 222 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 447 | 217 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 462 | 215 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 478 | 226 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 466 | 224 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 473 | 220 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 489 | 236 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |