City Quay Ns
City Quay Ns is a primary school in Dublin. 151 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1 special class, DEIS Urban Band 1.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Archbishop of Dublin |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 151 (87 boys, 64 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| DEIS | Yes — Urban Band 1 |
| Roll number | 11578V |
| Eircode | D02H277 |
| Address | City Quay, Gloucester Street South, Dublin 2 |
Getting in
| Applications open | 13 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications close | 10 November 2025 |
dates read from the notice; it gives no place figures we could read.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
What DEIS means here
DEIS Urban Band 1. This is the most intensively supported band. Junior classes are capped at 17:1, vertical schools at 19:1 and senior schools at 21:1 — smaller than almost any non-DEIS school in the country.
17:1 junior class size cap. Urban Band 1 primary schools have the lowest pupil-teacher ratio in Ireland: 17:1 in junior classes (infants to 2nd), 19:1 in vertical schools, and 21:1 in senior schools. That is smaller than almost any fee-paying school in the State.
Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.
Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.
Special classes
1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:
- 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.
The area around this school
School planning area: Dublin2 / Dublin4. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district D02 (Dublin 2) was €477,000 in 2025. That is up 27.2% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Mansion House A at -2.02 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 50% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Philip Kelly |
|---|---|
| Phone | 016713754 |
| info@cityquayns.ie | |
| Local authority | Dublin City Council |
Other schools in Dublin2 / Dublin4
- C.B.S. Westland Row Secondary school, Ballsbridge
- Catherine Mc Auley N Sc Special school, Ballsbridge
- Catholic University School Secondary school, Ranelagh
- Enable Ireland Sandymount School Special school, Sandymount
- Gaelscoil Eoin Primary school, Ballsbridge
- Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School Primary school, Ranelagh
- John Scottus Junior School Primary school, Ranelagh
- Loreto College Secondary school, Ranelagh
- Marian College Secondary school, Ballsbridge
- Ringsend College Secondary school, Ringsend
- Ringsend NS Primary school, Ringsend
- Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School Secondary school, Sandymount
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.