St. James's Primary School
Dublin 8 · Roll number 20429F
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 278
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +12%
- Up 29 from 249 in 2015/16
- 14 classes in 2015/16, 16 now; average class 16.6 → 16.6
- Girls and boys
- 126 / 152
- 45% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
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 | 30 | 31 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 41 | 37.7 |
| Senior Infants | 31 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 37 | 38 | 36.2 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 41 | 37 | 34.0 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 23 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 43 | 33.5 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 40 | 23 | 44 | 31 | 35 | 34.7 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 35 | 43 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 32.5 |
| 5th Class | 38 | 28 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 32 | 32.8 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 39 | 26 | 35.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
35 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
42 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 37 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2023/24
- 37Senior Infants2024/25
- 371st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 43 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 432nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 35 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 38Senior Infants2022/23
- 371st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 353rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 29Senior Infants2021/22
- 331st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 31Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 382nd Class2022/23
- 443rd Class2023/24
- 394th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 403rd Class2021/22
- 434th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 396th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 354th Class2021/22
- 385th Class2022/23
- 436th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2022/23): 11 pupils more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 406th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
38 in 5th Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils more.
- 385th Class2020/21
- 436th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +216th Class in 2021/22 (22 to 43)
- −204th Class in 2023/24 (43 to 23)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. James's Primary School, 2013/14 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
28.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers230 hours of support teaching a week 9.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
12 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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. James's Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James's Primary SchoolThis school | – | 278 |
+11.6%
|
|
| 1 | Canal Way Educate Together National School0.1 km · Dublin 8 · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 391 | – |
| 2 | St Catherines West N S0.9 km · Dublin 8 · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 193 |
−9.0%
|
| 3 | Scoil Treasa Naofa1.0 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 175 |
−3.8%
|
| 4 | St Brigids Primary School1.0 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 229 |
−11.6%
|
| 5 | Presentation Primary School1.1 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 223 |
−18.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil na mBrathar1.1 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 155 |
+24.0%
|
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: 46 of 166 households answered (28%). The true figures are likely within 11.8 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 32 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: 11.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 35% | 13% | 17% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 31% | 16% | 0% |
| Dublin–8 planning area · children at school | 58% | 22% | 7% |
| Dublin–8 planning area · children not yet at school | 59% | 36% | 8% |
| 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
- Ciarán Cronin
- Phone
- 014548461
- [email protected]
- Address
- Basin Lane, James' Street, Dublin 8, D08 EC96
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Dublin–8
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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 278 | 126 | 152 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 43 | 35 | 26 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 278 | 138 | 140 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 39 | 23 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | 304 | 158 | 146 | 42 | 44 | 37 | 33 | 44 | 23 | 38 | 43 |
| 2022/23 | 300 | 156 | 144 | 47 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 23 | 43 | 38 | 40 |
| 2021/22 | 260 | 131 | 129 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 40 | 35 | 28 | 43 |
| 2020/21 | 247 | 131 | 116 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 251 | 126 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 245 | 111 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 255 | 107 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 244 | 95 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 249 | 107 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 250 | 112 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 243 | 113 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |