Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire
Dublin 14 · Roll number 19939V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 209
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +16%
- Up 28 from 181 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 99 / 110
- 47% 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
209 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 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 32 | 25.0 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 23.8 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 24.7 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 25 | 25.7 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 29 | 23.2 |
| 4th Class | 19 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 22.2 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 22.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 21Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 24Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 193rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
19 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 194th Class2020/21
- 185th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 246th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2025/26 (21 to 32)
- −91st Class in 2024/25 (31 to 22)
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 Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, 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
18.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes, an early intervention class and a mild general learning disability class 4
10.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.4 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 10.16 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 Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naisiunta an Dea AoireThis school | – | 209 |
+15.5%
|
|
| 1 | Rathfarnham Educate Together0.4 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 188 |
−15.7%
|
| 2 | Clochar Loreto N S0.7 km · Dublin 14 | 0.7 km | 445 |
−13.6%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire Boys1.0 km · Dublin 14 · Boys | 1.0 km | 367 |
−19.9%
|
| 4 | Marley Grange NS1.1 km · Dublin 16 | 1.1 km | 461 |
−7.6%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige1.1 km · Bác 14 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 441 | – |
| 6 | Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School1.2 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 170 | – |
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
- Órlaith Veale
- Phone
- 012989475
- [email protected]
- Address
- Whitehall Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14, D14 Y448
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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Rathfarnham
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 | 209 | 99 | 110 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 106 | 107 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 115 | 105 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 216 | 107 | 109 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 219 | 102 | 117 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 207 | 91 | 116 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 210 | 93 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 215 | 91 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 204 | 79 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 194 | 71 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 181 | 69 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 180 | 74 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 180 | 77 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 176 | 78 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 168 | 63 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 186 | 63 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 170 | 56 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 198 | 75 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 216 | 78 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 240 | 88 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 256 | 102 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 271 | 114 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 310 | 124 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 327 | 125 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 365 | 136 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 368 | 135 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 355 | 129 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 378 | 139 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 373 | 144 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 378 | 141 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 337 | 130 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 327 | 122 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 312 | 119 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |