St Christopher's NS
Dublin 4 · Roll number 20545H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 598
- +31 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2019/20
- With 626 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 309 / 289
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
598 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 | 77 | 77 | 84 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 77.0 |
| Senior Infants | 74 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 74 | 81 | 79.0 |
| 1st Class | 75 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 74 | 80 | 77.3 |
| 2nd Class | 75 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 79 | 76.5 |
| 3rd Class | 70 | 65 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 75 | 72.2 |
| 4th Class | 78 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 72.3 |
| 5th Class | 87 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 77.0 |
| 6th Class | 67 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 74.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
74 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 81 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 74Junior Infants2024/25
- 81Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
77 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 80 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 77Junior Infants2023/24
- 74Senior Infants2024/25
- 801st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
84 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 79 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 84Junior Infants2022/23
- 81Senior Infants2023/24
- 741st Class2024/25
- 792nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
77 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 75 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 77Junior Infants2021/22
- 81Senior Infants2022/23
- 791st Class2023/24
- 642nd Class2024/25
- 753rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
77 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 68 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 77Junior Infants2020/21
- 83Senior Infants2021/22
- 791st Class2022/23
- 752nd Class2023/24
- 683rd Class2024/25
- 684th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
74 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 70 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 74Senior Infants2020/21
- 771st Class2021/22
- 822nd Class2022/23
- 773rd Class2023/24
- 674th Class2024/25
- 705th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
75 in 1st Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 751st Class2020/21
- 842nd Class2021/22
- 783rd Class2022/23
- 744th Class2023/24
- 745th Class2024/25
- 726th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
75 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 752nd Class2020/21
- 653rd Class2021/22
- 714th Class2022/23
- 735th Class2023/24
- 726th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
70 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 703rd Class2020/21
- 764th Class2021/22
- 795th Class2022/23
- 726th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
78 in 4th Class (2020/21), 80 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 784th Class2020/21
- 795th Class2021/22
- 806th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
87 in 5th Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils fewer.
- 875th Class2020/21
- 826th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +156th Class in 2021/22 (67 to 82)
- −112nd Class in 2024/25 (75 to 64)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Christopher's NS, 2019/20 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
33.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 33 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers177.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Christopher's NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Christopher's NSThis school | – | 598 | – | |
| 1 | Gaelscoil Eoin0.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 4 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 64 | – |
| 2 | John Scottus NS0.2 km · Dublin 6 · Multi-denominational | 0.2 km | 136 |
−42.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre0.4 km · Dublin 2 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 134 |
+9.8%
|
| 4 | Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School1.2 km · Dublin 2 · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 294 | – |
| 5 | SN Paroiste Maitiu Nfa1.3 km · Dublin 4 · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 212 |
−3.6%
|
| 6 | St Patricks Girls NS1.3 km · Dublin 4 · Girls · DEIS | 1.3 km | 143 |
−14.9%
|
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
- Ide Tynan
- Phone
- 016681155
- [email protected]
- Address
- Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 FP20
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Dublin2–Dublin4
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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 598 | 309 | 289 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 567 | 302 | 265 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 608 | 325 | 283 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 72 |
| 2022/23 | 634 | 330 | 304 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 71 | 79 | 80 |
| 2021/22 | 623 | 317 | 306 | 77 | 83 | 77 | 84 | 65 | 76 | 79 | 82 |
| 2020/21 | 603 | 304 | 299 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 67 |
| 2019/20 | 626 | 318 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |