Gardiner Street Convent
Dublin 1 · Roll number 12448N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 298
- −15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 40 from 338 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 148 / 150
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
298 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 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 40.2 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 53 | 47 | 52 | 32 | 31 | 44.3 |
| 1st Class | 66 | 45 | 53 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 46.2 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 65 | 53 | 56 | 37 | 41 | 49.7 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 45 | 68 | 47 | 44 | 36 | 47.8 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 44 | 50 | 67 | 40 | 37 | 47.3 |
| 5th Class | 51 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 38 | 46.8 |
| 6th Class | 49 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 42 | 50 | 48.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 31 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 31Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
37 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
49 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2022/23
- 52Senior Infants2023/24
- 361st Class2024/25
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 441st Class2023/24
- 372nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 37 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 374th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 38 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 451st Class2021/22
- 532nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 404th Class2024/25
- 385th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
66 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 661st Class2020/21
- 652nd Class2021/22
- 683rd Class2022/23
- 674th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 504th Class2022/23
- 495th Class2023/24
- 426th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 444th Class2021/22
- 475th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
51 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 515th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +233rd Class in 2022/23 (45 to 68)
- −274th Class in 2024/25 (67 to 40)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gardiner Street Convent, 2006/07 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
25.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers170 hours of support teaching a week 6.8
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.5 special education teachers and 7 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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 Gardiner Street Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardiner Street ConventThis school | – | 298 |
−11.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors0.5 km · Dublin 1 · Boys · DEIS | 0.5 km | 155 |
+6.2%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire0.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 161 |
−21.1%
|
| 3 | Rutland National School0.6 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 152 |
+2.7%
|
| 4 | Paradise Place ETNS0.7 km · Dublin 7 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.7 km | 239 |
+18.9%
|
| 5 | Central Senior MXD N S0.8 km · Dublin 1 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 227 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chaoimhin0.8 km · Baile Átha Cliath 1 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.8 km | 68 |
+51.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Eoin Murphy
- Phone
- 018722894
- [email protected]
- Address
- Gardiner Street, Belvedere Court, Dublin 1, D01 H9C5
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
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 298 | 148 | 150 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 313 | 156 | 157 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 40 | 51 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 403 | 215 | 188 | 37 | 52 | 44 | 56 | 47 | 67 | 49 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 418 | 216 | 202 | 49 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 68 | 50 | 47 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 392 | 204 | 188 | 45 | 53 | 45 | 65 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 403 | 207 | 196 | 47 | 51 | 66 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 49 |
| 2019/20 | 407 | 210 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 405 | 208 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 375 | 195 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 346 | 179 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 338 | 178 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 329 | 185 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 304 | 188 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 264 | 173 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 230 | 168 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 224 | 169 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 248 | 191 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 303 | 214 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 315 | 213 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 292 | 197 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 249 | 183 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 226 | 170 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 222 | 163 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 220 | 155 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 218 | 149 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 206 | 136 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 200 | 125 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 219 | 143 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 210 | 143 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 206 | 139 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 232 | 153 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 245 | 161 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 249 | 160 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 291 | 207 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 339 | 235 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 314 | 234 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 359 | 260 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 289 | 207 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 311 | 221 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 350 | 256 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 476 | 349 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |