School planning area
Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
22 primary schools and 5,509 pupils in 2025/26, in County Dublin.
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 5,509
- −111 on 2024/25
- Since 2015/16
- +13.2%
- 4,867 pupils in 2015/16
- Schools
- 22
- No change on 2024/25
- Average class size
- 21.23
- Average school size: 250.4
Trends in Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.
The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues
Pupils
5,509
−111 on 2024/25
Schools
22
14 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
250.4
430.9 in 1975/76
Average class size
21.23
−0.43 on 2024/25
Pupils in these schools
Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.
Junior infants
Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 697 in 2025/26, +44 on 2024/25.
Girls and boys
From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.
Irish-medium schools
Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 212 pupils in 2025/26, 3.8% of the area's pupils, against 4.4% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.
Growing and falling since 2015/16
Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.
20 schools with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
Average class size in these schools went from 23.9 in 2015/16 to 20.9 in 2025/26. 3 of the 9 schools that fell by 10% or more kept or added classes. A fall in pupils can mean smaller classes rather than fewer children wanting places. Smaller classes
Grown most
Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26
- 1 Glasnevin Educate Together NSDublin 11, Co. Dublin 236 → 410 +73.7%
- 2 North Dublin Muslim NSDublin 7, Co. Dublin 238 → 391 +64.3%
- 3 St Gabriels N SDublin 7, Co. Dublin 128 → 168 +31.2%
- 4 Dublin 7 Educate Together NSDublin 7, Co. Dublin 443 → 515 +16.3%
- 5 Stanhope Street Primary SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 333 → 384 +15.3%
Fallen most
Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26
- 1 Christ the King I GDublin 7, Co. Dublin 63 → 37 −41.3%
- 2 S N Eoin Bosco Nai BuacDublin 7, Co. Dublin 247 → 146 −40.9%
- 3 St Catherines Infant SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 215 → 139 −35.3%
- 4 Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 154 → 120 −22.1%
- 5 St. Vincent's Primary SchoolDublin 11, Co. Dublin 306 → 240 −21.6%
Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation, a new school nearby or smaller classes can also explain a big rise or fall.
Newer schools
2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 773 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.
- Broombridge Educate Together National SchoolDublin 7 · opened 2016/17 387
- Pelletstown ETNSDublin 15 · opened 2015/16 386
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 21.23
- Mainstream classes
- 252
- Classes of 30 or more
- 6
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 3
Teachers
Teachers in the 22 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 252
- Up 60 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 20%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 400
- Estimate: 252 class teachers, 19 principals and deputies, 102 special education and 27 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 294
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 3 / 4
- 3 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one
Class teachers since 2006/07
One for each mainstream class, every school year
Special schools and special classes
5 special schools in the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area, and the special classes in its 22 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 306
- In 5 schools, up from 123 in 2015/16
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 27
- In 14 of 22 schools. 12 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 31
- In 15 schools: 4 new classes, 1 school with its first
- Autism classes
- 25
- 93% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 12
- 2021/22 18
- 2022/23 19
- 2023/24 22
- 2024/25 25
- 2025/26 27
- 2026/27 31
2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.
| Special school | Pupils | Since 2015/16 | Teaching posts | SNAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family School for the DeafDublin 7 · School for deaf pupils | 134 | – | 37 | 28.49 |
| St Vincents Home NSDublin 7 · Moderate general learning disability | 68 |
−2.9%
|
11 | 27 |
| An Cosan CSSDublin 7 · Community special school | 56 | – | 11 | 38 |
| Casa Caterina S SDublin 7 · Emotional and behavioural difficulties | 31 |
−11.4%
|
6 | 16 |
| Phoenix Park Specialist SchoolPhoenix Park · Emotional and behavioural difficulties | 17 |
−5.6%
|
3 | 6 |
Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).
What parents would prefer
1,843 households answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey for the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area: 1,159 with children at its schools and 684 with children not yet at school. Each said whether they would prefer co-educational or single-sex schooling, a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and teaching through Irish or English.
- Households that answered
- 1,843
- 43% of households asked
- Prefer a multi-denominational patron
- 60% / 64%
- Children at school / not yet at school
- Prefer teaching through Irish
- 25% / 30%
- Children at school / not yet at school
- Prefer single-sex
- 12% / 10%
- Children at school / not yet at school
Preferences beside what the schools offer now
Share of pupils in schools of each kind in the area, and share of parents who would prefer it
- Pupils in such schools now
- Parents: children at school
- Parents: children not yet at school
Multi-denominational patron
1,698 pupils (31%) in 4 schools
Teaching through Irish
212 pupils (4%) in 1 school
Single-sex
1,665 pupils (30%) in 9 schools
Bars run from 0 to 100%.
Each school's parents
Parents of children at each school. Bold marks the school's set-up now.
| Dublin 7 Educate Together NSDublin 7 | 515 | 193 of 377 | ±5.9 | 98% | 23% | 0% | 102 answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnevin Educate Together NSDublin 11 | 410 | 132 of 289 | ±7.1 | 93% | 17% | 1% | 43 answered |
| St Peters NSDublin 7 | 409 | 79 of 285 | ±9.1 | 53% | 8% | 5% | 41 answered |
| St Brigids ConventDublin 11 | 406 | 108 of 351 | ±7.8 | 31% | 17% | 47% | – |
| North Dublin Muslim NSDublin 7 | 391 | 66 of 250 | ±9.9 | 33% | 2% | 39% | – |
| Broombridge Educate Together National SchoolDublin 7 | 387 | 114 of 294 | ±7.6 | 94% | 22% | 3% | 32 answered |
| Pelletstown ETNSDublin 15 | 386 | 113 of 287 | ±7.6 | 91% | 10% | 1% | 97 answered |
| Stanhope Street Primary SchoolDublin 7 | 384 | 91 of 301 | ±8.5 | 43% | 13% | 13% | – |
| Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.Dublin 7 | 352 | 140 of 305 | ±6.9 | 51% | 15% | 31% | 48 answered |
| S N Eoin Bosco BuachDublin 7 | 290 | 131 of 265 | ±7.1 | 44% | 19% | 24% | – |
| St. Vincent's Primary SchoolDublin 11 | 240 | 60 of 179 | ±10.4 | 47% | 13% | 10% | 30 answered |
| Gaelscoil BharraBaile Átha Cliath 7 | 212 | 68 of 161 | ±9.8 | 32% | 94% | 1% | 53 answered |
| St Gabriels N SDublin 7 | 168 | 49 of 133 | ±11.4 | 47% | 18% | 2% | – |
| Dominican Convent Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 148 | 42 of 137 | ±12.3 | 40% | 7% | 24% | – |
| S N Eoin Bosco Nai BuacDublin 7 | 146 | 60 of 138 | ±10.4 | 42% | 17% | 23% | – |
| St Catherines Infant SchoolDublin 7 | 139 | 55 of 120 | ±10.8 | 33% | 9% | 9% | – |
| Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.Dublin 7 | 126 | 35 of 115 | ±13.4 | 14% | 14% | 29% | – |
| Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 120 | 26 of 98 | ±15.4 | 46% | 19% | 15% | – |
| Christ the King B N SDublin 7 | 86 | 24 of 75 | ±15.9 | 29% | 8% | 21% | – |
| Glasnevin N SDublin 9 | 83 | 37 of 61 | ±13.1 | 78% | 14% | 0% | 95 answered |
| Christ the King Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 74 | 25 of 65 | ±15.6 | 28% | 20% | 48% | – |
| Christ the King I GDublin 7 | 37 | 10 of 33 | ±23.1 | 40% | 10% | 80% | – |
Grey margins of error are 15 points or more: so few parents answered that the figures could be well off. “Too few to publish”: the Department held back the school's results, but its parents' answers still count in the area figures. Not yet at school: how many parents of children not yet at school chose the school, shown where 30 or more did. Special schools in the area are counted in the area figures above.
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. The area figures count each household once, including parents at schools too small for their own results, so they aren't the school figures added up. About these figures
Schools
22 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 7 Educate Together NSDublin 7 | 20131D | 515 |
+10.5%
+16.3%
– |
– | 21 | 23.95 | 30 | 3 |
| Glasnevin Educate Together NSDublin 11 | 20168D | 410 |
+11.7%
+73.7%
– |
– | 16 | 24.88 | 27 | 0 |
| St Peters NSDublin 7 | 20091R | 409 |
−10.7%
−8.1%
+24.3%
|
+24.3%
|
18 | 22.72 | 28 | 0 |
| St Brigids ConventDublin 11 | 16577V | 406 |
−11.2%
−12.5%
−10.6%
|
−10.6%
|
16 | 25.38 | 30 | 2 |
| North Dublin Muslim NSDublin 7 | 20152L | 391 |
+14.0%
+64.3%
– |
– | 16 | 24.06 | 27 | 0 |
| Broombridge Educate Together National SchoolDublin 7 | 20453C | 387 | ––– | – | 16 | 23.44 | 31 | 1 |
| Pelletstown ETNSDublin 15 | 20392I | 386 | ––– | – | 16 | 23.38 | 27 | 0 |
| Stanhope Street Primary SchoolDublin 7 | 09932B | 384 |
+23.9%
+15.3%
+4.1%
|
+4.1%
|
20 | 18.65 | 21 | 0 |
| Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.Dublin 7 | 17367P | 352 |
−17.2%
−17.8%
−20.7%
|
−20.7%
|
15 | 23.47 | 28 | 0 |
| S N Eoin Bosco BuachDublin 7 | 17912O | 290 |
−31.0%
−21.0%
−31.1%
|
−31.1%
|
13 | 21.23 | 29 | 0 |
| St. Vincent's Primary SchoolDublin 11 | 17214N | 240 |
−8.4%
−21.6%
−21.6%
|
−21.6%
|
10 | 24.00 | 29 | 0 |
| Gaelscoil BharraBaile Átha Cliath 7 | 20047O | 212 |
−0.9%
−0.5%
+0.5%
|
+0.5%
|
11 | 19.27 | 29 | 0 |
| St Gabriels N SDublin 7 | 20035H | 168 |
+24.4%
+31.2%
−25.0%
|
−25.0%
|
9 | 17.22 | 20 | 0 |
| Dominican Convent Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 17465P | 148 |
−20.0%
−3.9%
−17.8%
|
−17.8%
|
8 | 17.75 | 27 | 0 |
| S N Eoin Bosco Nai BuacDublin 7 | 18632N | 146 |
−18.9%
−40.9%
−38.7%
|
−38.7%
|
6 | 22.33 | 24 | 0 |
| St Catherines Infant SchoolDublin 7 | 17466R | 139 |
−0.7%
−35.3%
+4.5%
|
+4.5%
|
9 | 14.11 | 16 | 0 |
| Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.Dublin 7 | 17464N | 126 |
−5.3%
−5.3%
+8.6%
|
+8.6%
|
7 | 16.29 | 23 | 0 |
| Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 16695E | 120 |
−24.1%
−22.1%
−25.9%
|
−25.9%
|
7 | 15.43 | 21 | 0 |
| Christ the King B N SDublin 7 | 16988T | 86 |
−17.3%
−6.5%
−25.9%
|
−25.9%
|
6 | 12.33 | 19 | 0 |
| Glasnevin N SDublin 9 | 14980Q | 83 |
+3.8%
+10.7%
+27.7%
|
+27.7%
|
4 | 20.75 | 24 | 0 |
| Christ the King Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7 | 16989V | 74 |
−24.5%
−15.9%
−23.7%
|
−23.7%
|
5 | 14.80 | 18 | 0 |
| Christ the King I GDublin 7 | 17459U | 37 |
−22.9%
−41.3%
−39.3%
|
−39.3%
|
3 | 12.33 | 18 | 0 |
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