Scoil Aoife CNS
Dublin 24 · Roll number 20422O
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 342
- −15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1,800%
- Up 324 from 18 in 2015/16. Opened in 2014/15, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 170 / 172
- 50% girls
Pupils since 2014
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
342 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 | 32 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 34.7 |
| Senior Infants | 38 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35.2 |
| 1st Class | 46 | 43 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 33 | 39.2 |
| 2nd Class | 54 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 44 | 44 | 44.7 |
| 3rd Class | 38 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 49 | 45.5 |
| 4th Class | 35 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 44.8 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 42.7 |
| 6th Class | – | 25 | 47 | 44 | 49 | 50 | 43.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 35 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 35Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
34 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
35 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 44 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 442nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
38 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 49 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2021/22
- 36Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 442nd Class2024/25
- 493rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 35Senior Infants2021/22
- 371st Class2022/23
- 372nd Class2023/24
- 463rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
38 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 46 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 38Senior Infants2020/21
- 431st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 465th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
46 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 461st Class2020/21
- 432nd Class2021/22
- 463rd Class2022/23
- 474th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
54 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 542nd Class2020/21
- 483rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 496th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
38 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 383rd Class2020/21
- 404th Class2021/22
- 485th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
35 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 12 pupils more.
- 354th Class2020/21
- 425th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +226th Class in 2022/23 (25 to 47)
- −112nd Class in 2021/22 (54 to 43)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2014/15 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, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Aoife CNS, 2014/15 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
27teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2014/15
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 Scoil Aoife CNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Aoife CNSThis school | – | 342 |
+1,800.0%
|
|
| 1 | St Aidans NS0.9 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 244 |
−22.8%
|
| 2 | St Brigids N S0.9 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 206 |
−28.0%
|
| 3 | City West Educate Together National School1.1 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 376 |
+83.4%
|
| 4 | St Thomas Junior N S1.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 300 |
−27.5%
|
| 5 | St Thomas Senior N S1.2 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 331 |
−25.1%
|
| 6 | Citywest & Saggart Community National School1.3 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 413 |
+90.3%
|
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
- TADHG O'LIONAIRD
- Phone
- 014215104
- [email protected]
- Address
- Citywest Drive, Citywest, Dublin 24, D24 EE3V
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- 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
- 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
12 school years from 2014/15 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 342 | 170 | 172 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 44 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 357 | 186 | 171 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 49 |
| 2023/24 | 336 | 170 | 166 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 355 | 174 | 181 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 326 | 164 | 162 | 38 | 35 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 42 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 277 | 130 | 147 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 38 | 35 | 24 | – |
| 2019/20 | 215 | 99 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 171 | 77 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 110 | 50 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 60 | 28 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |