Pelletstown ETNS
Dublin 15 · Roll number 20392I
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 386
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +758%
- Up 341 from 45 in 2015/16. Opened in 2015/16, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 190 / 196
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
386 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 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 52.3 |
| Senior Infants | 47 | 55 | 57 | 52 | 54 | 49 | 52.3 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 49 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 55 | 52.0 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 49 | 56 | 50.5 |
| 3rd Class | 52 | 50 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 55 | 49.2 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 48 | 46 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 45.3 |
| 5th Class | – | 45 | 50 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 43.2 |
| 6th Class | – | – | 42 | 45 | 47 | 35 | 42.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
50 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
53 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 55 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 53Junior Infants2023/24
- 54Senior Infants2024/25
- 551st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
53 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 53Junior Infants2022/23
- 52Senior Infants2023/24
- 511st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
56 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 55 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2021/22
- 57Senior Infants2022/23
- 491st Class2023/24
- 492nd Class2024/25
- 553rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 551st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 483rd Class2024/25
- 484th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 47Senior Infants2020/21
- 491st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 414th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils fewer.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 443rd Class2022/23
- 374th Class2023/24
- 365th Class2024/25
- 356th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
51 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 512nd Class2020/21
- 503rd Class2021/22
- 464th Class2022/23
- 455th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
52 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils fewer.
- 523rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 456th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2022/23): 10 pupils fewer.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 426th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Senior Infants in 2021/22 (47 to 55)
- −126th Class in 2025/26 (47 to 35)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Pelletstown ETNS, 2015/16 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
24.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers140 hours of support teaching a week 5.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
13.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.6 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 14.16 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Pelletstown ETNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelletstown ETNSThis school | – | 386 |
+757.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Sinead NS0.7 km · Finglas · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.7 km | 62 | – |
| 2 | S N Naomh Finnin0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 266 |
+15.7%
|
| 3 | St Brigids Senior Girls1.1 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 137 |
−25.1%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Infant N S1.2 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 140 |
−37.2%
|
| 5 | S N Eoin Bosco Nai Buac1.2 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 1.2 km | 146 |
−40.9%
|
| 6 | North Dublin Muslim NS1.3 km · Dublin 7 · Muslim | 1.3 km | 391 |
+64.3%
|
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
- Caitríona Ní Cheallaigh
- Phone
- 015413000
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathborne Vale, Ashtown, Dublin 15, D15 X63X
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not 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
- Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 386 | 190 | 196 | 48 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | 198 | 190 | 50 | 54 | 51 | 49 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 391 | 189 | 202 | 53 | 52 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 37 | 45 | 45 |
| 2022/23 | 399 | 184 | 215 | 53 | 57 | 55 | 46 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 42 |
| 2021/22 | 358 | 169 | 189 | 56 | 55 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 45 | – |
| 2020/21 | 309 | 147 | 162 | 54 | 47 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 52 | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 260 | 130 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 207 | 102 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 153 | 79 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 92 | 55 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 45 | 28 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |