Canal Way Educate Together National School
Dublin 8 · Roll number 20430N
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 391
- +12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +156%
- Up 238 from 153 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 191 / 200
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
391 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 | 59 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 40 | 49 | 49.7 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 50.7 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 55 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 44 | 51.2 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 50.7 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 45 | 43 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 46.8 |
| 4th Class | 56 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 48.2 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 50 | 45.7 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 27 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 45 | 41.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
40 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 44 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 441st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
51 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2022/23
- 51Senior Infants2023/24
- 551st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
52 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 541st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 54Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 502nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 474th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 522nd Class2022/23
- 503rd Class2023/24
- 474th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 433rd Class2022/23
- 444th Class2023/24
- 455th Class2024/25
- 456th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 454th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 486th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 486th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
56 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 564th Class2020/21
- 515th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +246th Class in 2022/23 (27 to 51)
- −111st Class in 2025/26 (55 to 44)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Canal Way Educate Together National School, 2013/14 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
22.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.3 special education teachers and 4.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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 Canal Way Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal Way Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 391 |
+155.6%
|
|
| 1 | St. James's Primary School0.1 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 278 |
+11.6%
|
| 2 | St Catherines West N S0.9 km · Dublin 8 · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 193 |
−9.0%
|
| 3 | Scoil Treasa Naofa0.9 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 175 |
−3.8%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Primary School1.0 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 229 |
−11.6%
|
| 5 | Presentation Primary School1.0 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 223 |
−18.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil na mBrathar1.1 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 155 |
+24.0%
|
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
- Dermot Stanley
- Phone
- 014021418
- [email protected]
- Address
- Basin Street Upper, Dublin 8, D08 R125
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Dublin–8
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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 391 | 191 | 200 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 57 | 50 | 47 | 50 | 45 |
| 2024/25 | 379 | 180 | 199 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 53 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 392 | 188 | 204 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 48 |
| 2022/23 | 395 | 182 | 213 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 43 | 45 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 380 | 170 | 210 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 51 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 368 | 158 | 210 | 59 | 51 | 50 | 46 | 48 | 56 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 317 | 135 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 281 | 119 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 240 | 99 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 197 | 86 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 153 | 67 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 91 | 44 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 41 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |