Bishop Shanahan NS
Dublin 6W · Roll number 19658N
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 437
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 38 from 475 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 18 now; average class 29.7 → 24.2
- Over 20 years: +5% from 415 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 208 / 229
- 48% 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
437 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 | 111 | 118 | 109 | 104 | 111 | 104 | 109.5 |
| Senior Infants | 116 | 112 | 118 | 108 | 104 | 113 | 111.8 |
| 1st Class | 119 | 112 | 112 | 117 | 109 | 107 | 112.7 |
| 2nd Class | 111 | 116 | 110 | 113 | 117 | 113 | 113.3 |
| 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
111 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 113 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 111Junior Infants2024/25
- 113Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
104 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 107 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 104Junior Infants2023/24
- 104Senior Infants2024/25
- 1071st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
109 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 113 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 109Junior Infants2022/23
- 108Senior Infants2023/24
- 1091st Class2024/25
- 1132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
118 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 118 pupils fewer.
- 118Junior Infants2021/22
- 118Senior Infants2022/23
- 1171st Class2023/24
- 1172nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
111 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 111 pupils fewer.
- 111Junior Infants2020/21
- 112Senior Infants2021/22
- 1121st Class2022/23
- 1132nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
116 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 116 pupils fewer.
- 116Senior Infants2020/21
- 1121st Class2021/22
- 1102nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
119 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 119 pupils fewer.
- 1191st Class2020/21
- 1162nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2025/26 (104 to 113)
- −10Senior Infants in 2023/24 (118 to 108)
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 Bishop Shanahan 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
26.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
13.15 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 2 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 13.15 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 Bishop Shanahan NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Shanahan NSThis school | – | 437 |
−8.0%
|
|
| 1 | Bishop Galvin NS0.0 km · Dublin 6w | 0.0 km | 461 |
−2.9%
|
| 2 | Riverview Educate Together National School1.0 km · Dublin 12 · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 242 | – |
| 3 | St Pius X N S Boys1.0 km · Dublin 6 · Boys | 1.0 km | 511 |
−3.4%
|
| 4 | St Pius X G N S1.0 km · Dublin 6W · Girls | 1.0 km | 540 |
+3.1%
|
| 5 | Rathfarnham Parish N S1.1 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 6 | Holy Spirit Junior Primary School1.3 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 1.3 km | 270 |
−14.8%
|
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: 159 of 364 households answered (44%). The true figures are likely within 6.5 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 116 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: 6.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 45% | 14% | 2% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 45% | 16% | 1% |
| Dublin–6w planning area · children at school | 62% | 20% | 9% |
| Dublin–6w planning area · children not yet at school | 68% | 32% | 7% |
| 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
- Noreen Healy
- Phone
- 014508449
- [email protected]
- Address
- Orwell Park, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, D6W X093
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Dublin–6w
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 | 437 | 208 | 229 | 104 | 113 | 107 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 441 | 210 | 231 | 111 | 104 | 109 | 117 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 442 | 213 | 229 | 104 | 108 | 117 | 113 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 449 | 210 | 239 | 109 | 118 | 112 | 110 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 458 | 214 | 244 | 118 | 112 | 112 | 116 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 457 | 207 | 250 | 111 | 116 | 119 | 111 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 472 | 209 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 478 | 225 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 477 | 231 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 486 | 236 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 475 | 236 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 476 | 229 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 458 | 222 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 457 | 221 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 449 | 213 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 445 | 204 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 443 | 207 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 411 | 180 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 411 | 174 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 418 | 166 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 415 | 149 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 443 | 166 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 442 | 164 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 436 | 170 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 443 | 163 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 430 | 148 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 456 | 170 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 484 | 183 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 464 | 183 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 474 | 196 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 475 | 211 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 459 | 217 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 465 | 230 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 615 | 258 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 574 | 237 | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 541 | 222 | 319 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 407 | 171 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 274 | 110 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |