St Brigids Girls N S
Dublin 18 · Roll number 16353W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 499
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 46 from 545 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 499 / 0
- 100% 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
499 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 | 58 | 65 | 58 | 63 | 44 | 43 | 55.2 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 55 | 67 | 58 | 63 | 44 | 57.7 |
| 1st Class | 74 | 59 | 58 | 71 | 59 | 67 | 64.7 |
| 2nd Class | 60 | 76 | 60 | 59 | 76 | 60 | 65.2 |
| 3rd Class | 84 | 60 | 79 | 60 | 60 | 76 | 69.8 |
| 4th Class | 60 | 87 | 60 | 81 | 60 | 60 | 68.0 |
| 5th Class | 62 | 60 | 90 | 60 | 87 | 60 | 69.8 |
| 6th Class | 74 | 64 | 61 | 89 | 60 | 89 | 72.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 44 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 44Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
63 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 67 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 63Junior Infants2023/24
- 63Senior Infants2024/25
- 671st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
58 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 60 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2022/23
- 58Senior Infants2023/24
- 591st Class2024/25
- 602nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 76 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2021/22
- 67Senior Infants2022/23
- 711st Class2023/24
- 762nd Class2024/25
- 763rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 581st Class2022/23
- 592nd Class2023/24
- 603rd Class2024/25
- 604th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 591st Class2021/22
- 602nd Class2022/23
- 603rd Class2023/24
- 604th Class2024/25
- 605th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
74 in 1st Class (2020/21), 89 in 6th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 741st Class2020/21
- 762nd Class2021/22
- 793rd Class2022/23
- 814th Class2023/24
- 875th Class2024/25
- 896th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
60 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 602nd Class2020/21
- 603rd Class2021/22
- 604th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
84 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 89 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 843rd Class2020/21
- 874th Class2021/22
- 905th Class2022/23
- 896th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
60 in 4th Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 604th Class2020/21
- 605th Class2021/22
- 616th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
62 in 5th Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 625th Class2020/21
- 646th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +305th Class in 2022/23 (60 to 90)
- −305th Class in 2023/24 (90 to 60)
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 St Brigids Girls N S, 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
25.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers and 4 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 St Brigids Girls N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids Girls N SThis school | – | 499 |
−8.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Brigids Boys N S1.0 km · Dublin 18 · Boys | 1.0 km | 406 |
−20.9%
|
| 2 | Our Lady Good Counsel GNS1.5 km · Dun Laoghaire | 1.5 km | 398 |
−13.5%
|
| 3 | Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys N S1.6 km · Dún Laoghaire · Boys | 1.6 km | 389 |
−10.0%
|
| 4 | Kill-O'-The-Grange NS1.9 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 1.9 km | 208 |
−4.6%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua1.9 km · Baile Átha Cliath 18 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.9 km | 359 |
+529.8%
|
| 6 | Cherrywood Educate Together National School1.9 km · Dublin 18 · Multi-denominational | 1.9 km | 220 | – |
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
- Elaine Carroll
- Phone
- 012847422
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Park, Cabinteely, Dublin 18, D18 TN66
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Sallynoggin–Killiney–DLR
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 | 499 | 499 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 67 | 60 | 76 | 60 | 60 | 89 |
| 2024/25 | 509 | 509 | – | 44 | 63 | 59 | 76 | 60 | 60 | 87 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 541 | 541 | 0 | 63 | 58 | 71 | 59 | 60 | 81 | 60 | 89 |
| 2022/23 | 533 | 533 | – | 58 | 67 | 58 | 60 | 79 | 60 | 90 | 61 |
| 2021/22 | 526 | 526 | – | 65 | 55 | 59 | 76 | 60 | 87 | 60 | 64 |
| 2020/21 | 531 | 531 | – | 58 | 59 | 74 | 60 | 84 | 60 | 62 | 74 |
| 2019/20 | 536 | 536 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 545 | 545 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 550 | 550 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 546 | 546 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 545 | 545 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 544 | 544 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 548 | 548 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 515 | 515 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 516 | 516 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 515 | 515 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 519 | 519 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 520 | 520 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 521 | 521 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 516 | 516 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 516 | 516 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 522 | 522 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 532 | 532 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 539 | 539 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 562 | 562 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 570 | 570 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 570 | 570 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 580 | 580 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 589 | 589 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 594 | 594 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 566 | 566 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 558 | 558 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 499 | 499 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 314 | 314 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 325 | 325 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 306 | 306 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 300 | 300 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 309 | 309 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 360 | 360 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 366 | 366 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 364 | 364 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |