St Philip the Apostle Junior N S
Dublin 15 · Roll number 19601H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 184
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −37%
- Down 109 from 293 in 2015/16
- 14 classes in 2015/16, 11 now; average class 20.9 → 15.6
- Over 20 years: −35% from 284 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 87 / 97
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
184 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 | 59 | 59 | 39 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 50.0 |
| Senior Infants | 57 | 50 | 62 | 39 | 48 | 52 | 51.3 |
| 1st Class | 69 | 55 | 48 | 60 | 38 | 45 | 52.5 |
| 2nd Class | 64 | 67 | 57 | 48 | 56 | 40 | 55.3 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
47 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 52 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2024/25
- 52Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 48Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 40 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 39Senior Infants2023/24
- 381st Class2024/25
- 402nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
59 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 59 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2021/22
- 62Senior Infants2022/23
- 601st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 59 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 481st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 57 pupils fewer.
- 57Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
69 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 69 pupils fewer.
- 691st Class2020/21
- 672nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Senior Infants in 2022/23 (50 to 62)
- −23Senior Infants in 2023/24 (62 to 39)
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 Philip the Apostle Junior 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
18.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers102.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.99 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 Philip the Apostle Junior N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Philip the Apostle Junior N SThis school | – | 184 |
−37.2%
|
|
| 1 | St Philips Senior N S0.0 km · Dublin 15 · DEIS | 0.0 km | 231 |
−15.1%
|
| 2 | SN Oilibheir0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 15 · Gaelscoil | 0.7 km | 266 |
+1.1%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Mochta0.9 km · Dublin 15 | 0.9 km | 805 |
−8.8%
|
| 4 | Scoil Nais Mhuire Sois0.9 km · Dublin 15 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 176 |
−35.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire Sin1.0 km · Dublin 15 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 207 |
−23.9%
|
| 6 | St Ciarans N S1.0 km · Dublin 15 | 1.0 km | 530 |
−27.5%
|
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: 48 of 157 households answered (31%). The true figures are likely within 11.6 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: 11.6 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 21% | 8% | 4% |
| BlanchardstownVge–D15 planning area · children at school | 40% | 20% | 4% |
| BlanchardstownVge–D15 planning area · children not yet at school | 50% | 30% | 6% |
| 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
- Ruth Molloy
- Phone
- 018212992
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mountview, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, D15 V124
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- BlanchardstownVge–D15
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
39 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 184 | 87 | 97 | 47 | 52 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 201 | 97 | 104 | 47 | 48 | 38 | 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 196 | 102 | 94 | 49 | 39 | 60 | 48 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 101 | 105 | 39 | 62 | 48 | 57 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 231 | 110 | 121 | 59 | 50 | 55 | 67 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 249 | 114 | 135 | 59 | 57 | 69 | 64 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 260 | 124 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 288 | 140 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 288 | 137 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 281 | 134 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 293 | 143 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 292 | 142 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 290 | 154 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 293 | 150 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 296 | 142 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 295 | 134 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 298 | 130 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 291 | 134 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 288 | 134 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 285 | 140 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 284 | 140 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 281 | 147 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 264 | 135 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 249 | 120 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 233 | 110 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 232 | 95 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 233 | 105 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 240 | 101 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 245 | 114 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 290 | 131 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 298 | 151 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 305 | 162 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 354 | 174 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 548 | 279 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 503 | 247 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 661 | 319 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 593 | 280 | 313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 491 | 232 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |