SN Caitriona Girls
Dublin 5 · Roll number 18361I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 185
- −12 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 8 from 193 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 10 now; average class 23.0 → 18.5
- Over 20 years: −30% from 266 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 185 / 0
- 100% 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
185 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 | 45 | 52 | 46 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 40.3 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 47 | 51 | 45 | 28 | 32 | 38.7 |
| 4th Class | 37 | 30 | 43 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 37.5 |
| 5th Class | 37 | 35 | 30 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 39.5 |
| 6th Class | 43 | 36 | 37 | 28 | 45 | 50 | 39.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
33 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 32 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 323rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
46 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 42 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 404th Class2024/25
- 425th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
52 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 522nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 504th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
45 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 452nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 434th Class2022/23
- 425th Class2023/24
- 456th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
37 in 4th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 374th Class2020/21
- 355th Class2021/22
- 376th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
37 in 5th Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 375th Class2020/21
- 366th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +183rd Class in 2021/22 (29 to 47)
- −173rd Class in 2024/25 (45 to 28)
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 SN Caitriona Girls, 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
14.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.7 special education teachers and 4 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 SN Caitriona Girls, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Caitriona GirlsThis school | – | 185 |
−4.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Caitriona Naionain0.1 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 178 |
−18.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhreandain0.1 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 136 |
−9.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Neasain0.3 km · Baile Átha Cliath 5 · Gaelscoil | 0.3 km | 241 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Convent N S0.9 km · Dublin 5 · Girls | 0.9 km | 369 |
−14.4%
|
| 5 | St Brigids Boys N S1.1 km · Dublin 5 · Boys | 1.1 km | 287 |
−23.7%
|
| 6 | St Malachys B N S1.2 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 1.2 km | 130 |
−36.0%
|
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: 61 of 160 households answered (38%). The true figures are likely within 10.3 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: 10.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 36% | 20% | 20% |
| Killester–Raheny–Clontarf planning area · children at school | 59% | 22% | 14% |
| Killester–Raheny–Clontarf planning area · children not yet at school | 68% | 27% | 10% |
| 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
- Imelda Whelan
- Phone
- 018480018
- [email protected]
- Address
- Measc Avenue, Coolock, Dublin 5, D05 HR61
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- 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
- Killester–Raheny–Clontarf
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 | 185 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 32 | 25 | 42 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 197 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 28 | 40 | 51 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 195 | 195 | 0 | – | – | – | 30 | 45 | 50 | 42 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 207 | – | – | – | – | 46 | 51 | 43 | 30 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 200 | – | – | – | – | 52 | 47 | 30 | 35 | 36 |
| 2020/21 | 191 | 191 | – | – | – | – | 45 | 29 | 37 | 37 | 43 |
| 2019/20 | 177 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 202 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 199 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 199 | 199 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 193 | 193 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 204 | 204 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 184 | 184 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 204 | 204 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 205 | 205 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 208 | 208 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 217 | 217 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 220 | 220 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 229 | 229 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 261 | 261 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 266 | 266 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 264 | 264 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 285 | 285 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 299 | 299 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 294 | 294 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 333 | 333 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 355 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 383 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 391 | 391 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 380 | 380 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 357 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 352 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 347 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 548 | 548 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 593 | 593 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 640 | 640 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 684 | 684 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 682 | 682 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 693 | 693 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 723 | 723 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 707 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 753 | 753 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |