St. Francis of Assisi National School
Dublin 13 · Roll number 20304I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 434
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 44 from 390 in 2015/16
- 14 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 27.9 → 27.1
- Girls and boys
- 194 / 240
- 45% girls
Pupils since 2008
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
434 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 | 60 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 52.3 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 61 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 50 | 54.7 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 59 | 59 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 55.7 |
| 2nd Class | 54 | 53 | 56 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 54.7 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 57.0 |
| 4th Class | 57 | 60 | 58 | 54 | 59 | 58 | 57.7 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 59 | 60 | 54 | 52 | 60 | 57.0 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 55.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
50 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 50Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
51 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 58 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2023/24
- 54Senior Infants2024/25
- 581st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
52 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 54 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2022/23
- 52Senior Infants2023/24
- 541st Class2024/25
- 542nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
52 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2021/22
- 52Senior Infants2022/23
- 531st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 60Junior Infants2020/21
- 61Senior Infants2021/22
- 591st Class2022/23
- 572nd Class2023/24
- 583rd Class2024/25
- 584th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 591st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 594th Class2024/25
- 605th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 496th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
54 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 542nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 584th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 546th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 604th Class2021/22
- 605th Class2022/23
- 586th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
57 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 574th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +81st Class in 2021/22 (51 to 59)
- −9Senior Infants in 2022/23 (61 to 52)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2008/09 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, 2008/09 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. Francis of Assisi National School, 2008/09 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
25teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 8 special education teachers and 8 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2008/09
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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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. Francis of Assisi National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis of Assisi National SchoolThis school | – | 434 |
+11.3%
|
|
| 1 | Belmayne Educate Together National School0.1 km · Dublin 13 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.1 km | 413 |
+4.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bhride1.0 km · Dublin 13 | 1.0 km | 365 |
−3.9%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol1.1 km · Dublin 13 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 84 | – |
| 4 | Holy Trinity Sen N S1.1 km · Dublin 13 | 1.1 km | 397 |
+14.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Colmcille1.1 km · Dublin 13 | 1.1 km | 217 |
+77.9%
|
| 6 | St Kevins Junior N S1.2 km · Dublin 13 | 1.2 km | 149 |
−8.0%
|
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: 109 of 331 households answered (33%). The true figures are likely within 7.8 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 51 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: 7.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 54% | 7% | 6% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 45% | 14% | 4% |
| Donaghmede–Howth–D13 planning area · children at school | 56% | 18% | 5% |
| Donaghmede–Howth–D13 planning area · children not yet at school | 53% | 23% | 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
- Johanne Dunne
- Phone
- 018296007
- [email protected]
- Address
- Belmayne Avenue, Balgriffin, Dublin 13, D13 P5VY
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not 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
- Donaghmede–Howth–D13
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
18 school years from 2008/09 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 434 | 194 | 240 | 49 | 50 | 58 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 49 |
| 2024/25 | 435 | 202 | 233 | 50 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 52 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 436 | 202 | 234 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 58 |
| 2022/23 | 447 | 209 | 238 | 52 | 52 | 59 | 56 | 53 | 58 | 60 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 456 | 217 | 239 | 52 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 458 | 221 | 237 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 455 | 229 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 455 | 237 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 451 | 241 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 428 | 218 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 390 | 202 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 356 | 184 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 306 | 157 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 245 | 127 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 188 | 100 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 131 | 65 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 70 | 31 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 22 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |