St Dominic's National School
Dublin 24 · Roll number 20468P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 410
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +40%
- Up 118 from 292 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 199 / 211
- 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
410 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 | 61 | 40 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 51.5 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 56 | 54 | 38 | 53 | 50 | 48.8 |
| 1st Class | 59 | 42 | 61 | 53 | 40 | 52 | 51.2 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 57 | 40 | 58 | 51 | 41 | 48.0 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 42 | 56 | 38 | 59 | 60 | 52.5 |
| 4th Class | 45 | 59 | 42 | 57 | 40 | 58 | 50.2 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 44 | 62 | 44 | 59 | 40 | 49.5 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 49 | 45 | 61 | 45 | 59 | 48.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
52 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 53Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 38Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
61 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 60 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 61Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 531st Class2023/24
- 512nd Class2024/25
- 603rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 56Senior Infants2021/22
- 611st Class2022/23
- 582nd Class2023/24
- 593rd Class2024/25
- 584th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 402nd Class2022/23
- 383rd Class2023/24
- 404th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
59 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 591st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 563rd Class2022/23
- 574th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 423rd Class2021/22
- 424th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 456th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 625th Class2022/23
- 616th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
45 in 4th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 454th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 496th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +213rd Class in 2024/25 (38 to 59)
- −21Junior Infants in 2022/23 (61 to 40)
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 St Dominic's National School, 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
32.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 33 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 22 mainstream classes 22
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers192.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
15.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 19.15 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. 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 Dominic's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Dominic's National SchoolThis school | – | 410 |
+40.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Marys School0.5 km · Dublin 24 | 0.5 km | 349 |
−9.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil Santain0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 24 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.7 km | 262 |
−27.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Maelruain Junior1.0 km · Dublin 24 | 1.0 km | 369 |
−21.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Maelruain Senior1.0 km · Test Address | 1.0 km | 386 |
+1.3%
|
| 5 | S N Aenghusa1.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 209 |
+10.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil Aenghusa Jun NS1.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 159 |
−37.6%
|
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
- Seamus Vaughan
- Phone
- 014512443
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mountain Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 P7XC
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Firhouse–Oldbawn
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 | 410 | 199 | 211 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 41 | 60 | 58 | 40 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 411 | 199 | 212 | 52 | 53 | 40 | 51 | 59 | 40 | 59 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 408 | 196 | 212 | 47 | 38 | 53 | 58 | 38 | 57 | 44 | 61 |
| 2022/23 | 410 | 203 | 207 | 40 | 54 | 61 | 40 | 56 | 42 | 62 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | 410 | 205 | 205 | 61 | 56 | 42 | 57 | 42 | 59 | 44 | 49 |
| 2020/21 | 388 | 192 | 196 | 59 | 42 | 59 | 41 | 60 | 45 | 48 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 365 | 173 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 363 | 175 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 332 | 161 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 318 | 162 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 292 | 143 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |