St Vincent de Paul Senior School
Dublin 9 · Roll number 16753P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 305
- +8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 305 in 2015/16
- 11 classes in 2015/16, 13 now; average class 27.7 → 23.5
- Over 20 years: −3% from 314 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 283 / 22
- 93% 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
305 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 62 | 77 | 41 | 63 | 51 | 67 | 60.2 |
| 3rd Class | 68 | 60 | 74 | 45 | 65 | 50 | 60.3 |
| 4th Class | 72 | 69 | 62 | 76 | 45 | 67 | 65.2 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 73 | 68 | 60 | 75 | 47 | 63.3 |
| 6th Class | 77 | 57 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 74 | 68.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 512nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
63 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 67 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 632nd Class2023/24
- 653rd Class2024/25
- 674th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
41 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 47 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 412nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 454th Class2024/25
- 475th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
77 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 74 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 772nd Class2021/22
- 743rd Class2022/23
- 764th Class2023/24
- 755th Class2024/25
- 746th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
62 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 622nd Class2020/21
- 603rd Class2021/22
- 624th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 616th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
68 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 683rd Class2020/21
- 694th Class2021/22
- 685th Class2022/23
- 716th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
72 in 4th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 724th Class2020/21
- 735th Class2021/22
- 736th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +222nd Class in 2023/24 (41 to 63)
- −362nd Class in 2022/23 (77 to 41)
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 Vincent de Paul Senior School, 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
17.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.3 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 Vincent de Paul Senior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent de Paul Senior SchoolThis school | – | 305 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | St Vincents de Paul Junior N S0.0 km · Dublin 9 | 0.0 km | 334 |
−18.3%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire na mBrathar0.1 km · Marino | 0.1 km | 336 |
+6.0%
|
| 3 | St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School0.6 km · Dublin 3 · Boys · DEIS | 0.6 km | 116 |
−11.5%
|
| 4 | Howth RD MXD N S0.7 km · Dublin 3 · Presbyterian | 0.7 km | 89 |
−9.2%
|
| 5 | St Marys N S0.8 km · Dublin 3 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 212 |
−15.9%
|
| 6 | Our Lady of Consolation NS1.0 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 310 |
+41.6%
|
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: 117 of 271 households answered (43%). The true figures are likely within 7.5 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 40 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 7.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 66% | 17% | 6% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 58% | 17% | 5% |
| Beaumont–CoolockD5 planning area · children at school | 49% | 22% | 9% |
| Beaumont–CoolockD5 planning area · children not yet at school | 54% | 28% | 11% |
| 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
- Alison Clinton
- Phone
- 018334697
- [email protected]
- Address
- Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 AD80
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Beaumont–CoolockD5
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 | 305 | 283 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 50 | 67 | 47 | 74 |
| 2024/25 | 297 | 297 | – | – | – | – | 51 | 65 | 45 | 75 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 315 | 315 | 0 | – | – | – | 63 | 45 | 76 | 60 | 71 |
| 2022/23 | 318 | 318 | – | – | – | – | 41 | 74 | 62 | 68 | 73 |
| 2021/22 | 336 | 336 | – | – | – | – | 77 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 336 | 336 | – | – | – | – | 62 | 68 | 72 | 57 | 77 |
| 2019/20 | 333 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 326 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 320 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 320 | 320 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 305 | 305 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 296 | 296 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 294 | 294 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 295 | 295 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 301 | 301 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 308 | 308 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 293 | 293 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 294 | 294 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 303 | 303 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 301 | 301 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 314 | 314 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 304 | 304 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 310 | 310 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 304 | 304 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 311 | 311 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 306 | 306 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 314 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 323 | 323 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 326 | 326 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 331 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 334 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 339 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 339 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 403 | 403 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 410 | 410 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 409 | 409 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 411 | 411 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 413 | 413 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 414 | 414 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 409 | 409 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 407 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 411 | 411 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |