St Laurence O'Toole's National School
Dublin 1 · Roll number 20507W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 159
- −18 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2018/19
- With 158 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 111 / 48
- 70% girls
Pupils since 2018
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
159 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 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 33 | 39 | 31 | 29.2 |
| Senior Infants | 18 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 29.0 |
| 1st Class | 30 | 17 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 27.3 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12.3 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13.2 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 13.7 |
| 6th Class | 13 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 14.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
39 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 39Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 37Senior Infants2024/25
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
20 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 10 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 291st Class2024/25
- 102nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 102nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 102nd Class2023/24
- 143rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 18Senior Infants2020/21
- 171st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 103rd Class2023/24
- 104th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
30 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 301st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 173rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 155th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 115th Class2021/22
- 116th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2022/23 (17 to 31)
- −14Junior Infants in 2021/22 (33 to 19)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2018/19 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, 2018/19 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Laurence O'Toole's National School, 2018/19 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
19teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2018/19
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Laurence O'Toole's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolThis school | – | 159 | – | |
| 1 | Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys0.2 km · Dublin 1 · Boys · DEIS | 0.2 km | 69 |
+7.8%
|
| 2 | St Vincents Inf Boys0.7 km · Dublin 1 · Boys · DEIS | 0.7 km | 88 |
−28.5%
|
| 3 | S N San Vinseann Cailin0.8 km · Dublin 1 · Girls · DEIS | 0.8 km | 208 |
+1.5%
|
| 4 | City Quay NS0.8 km · Dublin 2 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 151 |
−7.9%
|
| 5 | St Columbas N S MXD0.8 km · Dublin 3 · Church of Ireland | 0.8 km | 90 |
−10.9%
|
| 6 | Rutland National School0.9 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 152 |
+2.7%
|
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: 29 of 119 households answered (24%). The true figures are likely within 14.6 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 14.6 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 41% | 7% | 31% |
| Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area · children at school | 55% | 23% | 10% |
| Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area · children not yet at school | 58% | 33% | 11% |
| 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
- Mona Lucas
- Phone
- 018364577
- [email protected]
- Address
- St. Laurence Place East,, Seville Place,, Dublin 1, D01 WY82
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1
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
8 school years from 2018/19 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 159 | 111 | 48 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 125 | 52 | 39 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 149 | 104 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 152 | 108 | 44 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
| 2021/22 | 136 | 95 | 41 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 143 | 108 | 35 | 33 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019/20 | 163 | 117 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 158 | 105 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |