St Peter Apostle Sen NS
Dublin 22 · Roll number 19642V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 278
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 21 from 257 in 2015/16
- 12 classes in 2015/16, 13 now; average class 21.2 → 20.5
- Over 20 years: +12% from 249 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 129 / 149
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
278 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 | 67 | 61 | 75 | 68 | 54 | 64 | 64.8 |
| 4th Class | 61 | 67 | 61 | 74 | 72 | 56 | 65.2 |
| 5th Class | 71 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 78 | 75 | 68.8 |
| 6th Class | 68 | 71 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 83 | 68.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 56 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 543rd Class2024/25
- 564th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
68 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 75 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 683rd Class2023/24
- 724th Class2024/25
- 755th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
75 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 83 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 753rd Class2022/23
- 744th Class2023/24
- 785th Class2024/25
- 836th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
61 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 64 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 613rd Class2021/22
- 614th Class2022/23
- 655th Class2023/24
- 646th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
67 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 673rd Class2020/21
- 674th Class2021/22
- 655th Class2022/23
- 646th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
61 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 614th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
71 in 5th Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 715th Class2020/21
- 716th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +196th Class in 2025/26 (64 to 83)
- −164th Class in 2025/26 (72 to 56)
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 Peter Apostle Sen NS, 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
23.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers185 hours of support teaching a week 7.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
12.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12.5 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 Peter Apostle Sen NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter Apostle Sen NSThis school | – | 278 |
+8.2%
|
|
| 1 | Neillstown N S0.1 km · Dublin 22 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 231 |
−24.3%
|
| 2 | St Marys Sen N S0.8 km · Dublin 22 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 204 |
−11.3%
|
| 3 | St Marys Junior N S0.8 km · Dublin 22 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 183 |
−19.4%
|
| 4 | Divine Mercy Junior National School1.0 km · Lucan · DEIS | 1.0 km | 204 |
−61.0%
|
| 5 | Divine Mercy Senior National School1.0 km · Lucan · DEIS | 1.0 km | 274 |
−46.9%
|
| 6 | Our Lady Queen of Apostles1.1 km · Dublin 22 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 469 |
−15.9%
|
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: 56 of 243 households answered (23%). The true figures are likely within 10.7 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 42 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: 10.7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 23% | 12% | 2% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 19% | 26% | 2% |
| Palmerstown–Ronanstown–D20–22 planning area · children at school | 28% | 20% | 10% |
| Palmerstown–Ronanstown–D20–22 planning area · children not yet at school | 23% | 22% | 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
- Sophia O'Hara
- Phone
- 014572799
- [email protected]
- Address
- Neilstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22 WR59
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- 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
- Palmerstown–Ronanstown–D20–22
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
38 school years from 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 278 | 129 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 56 | 75 | 83 |
| 2024/25 | 280 | 129 | 151 | – | – | – | – | 54 | 72 | 78 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 283 | 135 | 148 | – | – | – | – | 68 | 74 | 65 | 64 |
| 2022/23 | 273 | 130 | 143 | – | – | – | – | 75 | 61 | 65 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 270 | 131 | 139 | – | – | – | – | 61 | 67 | 59 | 71 |
| 2020/21 | 279 | 130 | 149 | – | – | – | – | 67 | 61 | 71 | 68 |
| 2019/20 | 290 | 142 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 305 | 141 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 290 | 143 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 279 | 136 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 257 | 111 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 235 | 106 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 239 | 104 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 231 | 104 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 251 | 116 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 293 | 130 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 304 | 140 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 293 | 138 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 289 | 137 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 277 | 133 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 249 | 118 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 241 | 108 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 248 | 117 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 233 | 112 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 223 | 105 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 240 | 106 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 268 | 118 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 286 | 133 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 299 | 150 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 307 | 152 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 321 | 152 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 318 | 144 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 318 | 138 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 542 | 257 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 510 | 238 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 446 | 205 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 384 | 186 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 307 | 148 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |