Skerries Educate Together National School
Skerries · Roll number 20307O
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 333
- −19 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 33 from 300 in 2015/16
- 11 classes in 2015/16, 15 now; average class 26.2 → 20.6
- Girls and boys
- 141 / 192
- 42% 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
333 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 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40.7 |
| Senior Infants | 45 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 39 | 38 | 42.5 |
| 1st Class | 47 | 45 | 41 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 43.7 |
| 2nd Class | 50 | 47 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 44.7 |
| 3rd Class | 32 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 46 | 42.8 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 32 | 51 | 45 | 38 | 39 | 41.8 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 45 | 34 | 46 | 43 | 39 | 42.5 |
| 6th Class | 44 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 44 | 47 | 43.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
38 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 39 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 38Junior Infants2023/24
- 39Senior Infants2024/25
- 391st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 45 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 441st Class2024/25
- 452nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
40 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 46 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2021/22
- 44Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 442nd Class2024/25
- 463rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 43Senior Infants2021/22
- 411st Class2022/23
- 402nd Class2023/24
- 393rd Class2024/25
- 394th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 45Senior Infants2020/21
- 451st Class2021/22
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 413rd Class2023/24
- 384th Class2024/25
- 395th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
47 in 1st Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 471st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 454th Class2023/24
- 435th Class2024/25
- 476th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
50 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils fewer.
- 502nd Class2020/21
- 513rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 465th Class2023/24
- 446th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
32 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 323rd Class2020/21
- 324th Class2021/22
- 345th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 456th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 466th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +193rd Class in 2021/22 (32 to 51)
- −144th Class in 2021/22 (46 to 32)
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 Skerries Educate Together 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
27teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes and 2 autism classes 4
18.15 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.8 special education teachers, 6 special class teachers and 21.81 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 Skerries Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skerries Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 333 |
+11.0%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Réalt na Mara1.0 km · Skerries | 1.0 km | 338 |
−22.7%
|
| 2 | St Patricks SNR Mixed1.7 km · Skerries | 1.7 km | 338 |
−0.3%
|
| 3 | St Patricks JNR Mixed1.8 km · Skerries | 1.8 km | 249 |
−25.0%
|
| 4 | Holmpatrick N S1.8 km · Skerries · Church of Ireland | 1.8 km | 51 |
−38.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Moibhi2.2 km · Skerries | 2.2 km | 84 |
−10.6%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Teresa3.4 km · Balbriggan · DEIS | 3.4 km | 364 |
−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: 101 of 236 households answered (43%). The true figures are likely within 8.1 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 33 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: 8.1 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 92% | 14% | 1% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 94% | 21% | 0% |
| Skerries planning area · children at school | 61% | 21% | 2% |
| Skerries planning area · children not yet at school | 58% | 35% | 2% |
| 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
- Conor D'Arcy
- Phone
- 018494050
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kellys Bay, Skerries, Co. Dublin, K34 CX46
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- 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
- Skerries
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 | 333 | 141 | 192 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 45 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 352 | 146 | 206 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 44 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 44 |
| 2023/24 | 354 | 151 | 203 | 38 | 46 | 46 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 46 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 369 | 152 | 217 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 48 | 51 | 34 | 45 |
| 2021/22 | 367 | 156 | 211 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 32 | 45 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | 366 | 170 | 196 | 42 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 32 | 46 | 48 | 44 |
| 2019/20 | 370 | 175 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 363 | 181 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 324 | 149 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 299 | 151 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 300 | 150 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 266 | 135 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 237 | 120 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 199 | 90 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 165 | 80 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 122 | 60 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 75 | 35 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 34 | 19 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |