Scoil Maelruain Senior
Test Address · Roll number 19463V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 386
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1%
- Up 5 from 381 in 2015/16
- 14 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 27.2 → 24.1
- Over 20 years: +32% from 293 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 195 / 191
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
386 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 95 | 96 | 97 | 101 | 94 | 97 | 96.7 |
| 4th Class | 111 | 94 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 98.5 |
| 5th Class | 99 | 109 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 103 | 99.5 |
| 6th Class | 103 | 103 | 108 | 100 | 101 | 91 | 101.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
94 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 95 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 943rd Class2024/25
- 954th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
101 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 103 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 1013rd Class2023/24
- 994th Class2024/25
- 1035th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
97 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 91 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 973rd Class2022/23
- 974th Class2023/24
- 945th Class2024/25
- 916th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
96 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 101 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 963rd Class2021/22
- 954th Class2022/23
- 965th Class2023/24
- 1016th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
95 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 100 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 953rd Class2020/21
- 944th Class2021/22
- 965th Class2022/23
- 1006th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
111 in 4th Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 1114th Class2020/21
- 1095th Class2021/22
- 1086th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
99 in 5th Class (2020/21), 103 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 995th Class2020/21
- 1036th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +105th Class in 2021/22 (99 to 109)
- −174th Class in 2021/22 (111 to 94)
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 Scoil Maelruain Senior, 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
25.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers192.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 10 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 Scoil Maelruain Senior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Maelruain SeniorThis school | – | 386 |
+1.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Maelruain Junior0.0 km · Dublin 24 | 0.0 km | 369 |
−21.2%
|
| 2 | St Martin de Porres N S0.7 km · Dublin 24 | 0.7 km | 383 |
−12.6%
|
| 3 | St Dominic's National School1.0 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 410 |
+40.4%
|
| 4 | Holy Rosary Primary School1.1 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 525 |
−12.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Santain1.2 km · Baile Átha Cliath 24 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.2 km | 262 |
−27.4%
|
| 6 | S N an Croi Ro Naofa1.3 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.3 km | 213 |
−26.3%
|
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: 84 of 342 households answered (25%). The true figures are likely within 8.8 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: 8.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 32% | 15% | 0% |
| Firhouse–Oldbawn planning area · children at school | 46% | 25% | 2% |
| Firhouse–Oldbawn planning area · children not yet at school | 48% | 27% | 5% |
| 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
- Padraic Moore
- Phone
- 014510706
- [email protected]
- Address
- Old Bawn, Tallaght, Dublin 24, TEST ADDRESS, D24 EV18
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Firhouse–Oldbawn
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
40 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 386 | 195 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 95 | 103 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | 185 | 203 | – | – | – | – | 94 | 99 | 94 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 394 | 174 | 220 | – | – | – | – | 101 | 97 | 96 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 396 | 170 | 226 | – | – | – | – | 97 | 95 | 96 | 108 |
| 2021/22 | 402 | 176 | 226 | – | – | – | – | 96 | 94 | 109 | 103 |
| 2020/21 | 408 | 177 | 231 | – | – | – | – | 95 | 111 | 99 | 103 |
| 2019/20 | 444 | 207 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 449 | 207 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 443 | 214 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 432 | 211 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 381 | 189 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 352 | 176 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 363 | 174 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 361 | 169 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 365 | 172 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 357 | 170 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 330 | 163 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 327 | 154 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 324 | 151 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 300 | 134 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 293 | 131 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 286 | 129 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 284 | 128 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 297 | 135 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 303 | 140 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 304 | 142 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 337 | 165 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 360 | 188 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 376 | 193 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 421 | 210 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 448 | 211 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 465 | 204 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 491 | 218 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 557 | 250 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 514 | 238 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 456 | 210 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 402 | 196 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 184 | 61 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 98 | 35 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |