St Josephs Boys N S
Dublin 6 · Roll number 09750S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 363
- −16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −24%
- Down 118 from 481 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 30.1 → 22.7
- Over 20 years: −27% from 500 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 363
- 0% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
363 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 | 48 | 57 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 34 | 44.0 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 47 | 56 | 47 | 45 | 36 | 48.3 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 61 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 44 | 51.0 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 49 | 57 | 46 | 50 | 45 | 50.3 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 58 | 49 | 57 | 42 | 53 | 52.0 |
| 4th Class | 60 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 44 | 52.0 |
| 5th Class | 55 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 53.5 |
| 6th Class | 51 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 53.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
35 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 36 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 35Junior Infants2024/25
- 36Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 44 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 441st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 45 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 452nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
57 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 57Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2020/21
- 47Senior Infants2021/22
- 481st Class2022/23
- 462nd Class2023/24
- 423rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 611st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 534th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 535th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 515th Class2023/24
- 536th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
60 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 604th Class2020/21
- 565th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
55 in 5th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 555th Class2020/21
- 566th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +111st Class in 2021/22 (50 to 61)
- −153rd Class in 2024/25 (57 to 42)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Josephs Boys N S, 2006/07 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
23teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers and 3 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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 Josephs Boys N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Boys N SThis school | – | 363 |
−24.5%
|
|
| 1 | Presentation Primary School0.4 km · Dublin 6W · Girls | 0.4 km | 367 |
−37.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naisiunta Stratford0.5 km · Dublin 6 · Jewish | 0.5 km | 88 |
−11.1%
|
| 3 | Zion Parish Primary School0.5 km · Dublin 6 · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 91 |
−6.2%
|
| 4 | Rathgar N S0.7 km · Dublin 6 · Methodist | 0.7 km | 94 |
+1.1%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Mologa0.9 km · Baile Átha Cliath 6W · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 229 |
+4.6%
|
| 6 | Harolds Cross N S0.9 km · Dublin 6W · DEIS | 0.9 km | 398 |
+24.0%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 110 of 291 households answered (38%). The true figures are likely within 7.7 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 7.7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 54% | 11% | 24% |
| Dublin6–Clonskeagh planning area · children at school | 59% | 32% | 4% |
| Dublin6–Clonskeagh planning area · children not yet at school | 67% | 31% | 12% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Anne McCabe
- Phone
- 014906905
- [email protected]
- Address
- Terenure Road East, Dublin 6, D06 ED86
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Dublin6–Clonskeagh
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
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 363 | 0 | 363 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 53 | 44 | 53 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 379 | – | 379 | 35 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 406 | 0 | 406 | 44 | 47 | 55 | 46 | 57 | 52 | 51 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 415 | – | 415 | 46 | 56 | 48 | 57 | 49 | 51 | 53 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 436 | – | 436 | 57 | 47 | 61 | 49 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 56 |
| 2020/21 | 431 | – | 431 | 48 | 59 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 60 | 55 | 51 |
| 2019/20 | 445 | – | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 453 | – | 453 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 458 | – | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 470 | 0 | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 481 | 0 | 481 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 476 | 0 | 476 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 480 | 0 | 480 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 482 | 0 | 482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 488 | 0 | 488 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 474 | 0 | 474 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 482 | 0 | 482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 477 | 0 | 477 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 477 | 0 | 477 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 496 | 0 | 496 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 500 | 0 | 500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 503 | 0 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 510 | 0 | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 522 | 0 | 522 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 532 | 0 | 532 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 523 | 0 | 523 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 534 | – | 534 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 543 | – | 543 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 554 | – | 554 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 568 | 0 | 568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 579 | – | 579 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 565 | – | 565 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 529 | – | 529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 502 | 0 | 502 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 504 | 0 | 504 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 513 | 0 | 513 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 511 | 0 | 511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 534 | 0 | 534 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 537 | 0 | 537 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 549 | 0 | 549 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 503 | 0 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |