St Brigids Convent
Dublin 11 · Roll number 16577V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 406
- −25 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 58 from 464 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 406 / 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
406 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 | 52 | 56 | 47 | 56 | 42 | 38 | 48.5 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 53 | 56 | 49 | 57 | 41 | 52.5 |
| 1st Class | 55 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 57 | 54.2 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 57 | 61 | 56 | 51 | 48 | 54.8 |
| 3rd Class | 58 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 55 | 49 | 57.0 |
| 4th Class | 59 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 60 | 55 | 58.2 |
| 5th Class | 60 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 59.8 |
| 6th Class | 58 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 59.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 41 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 41Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 57 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 57Senior Infants2024/25
- 571st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 491st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
56 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 49 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 512nd Class2024/25
- 493rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 59 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 612nd Class2022/23
- 613rd Class2023/24
- 604th Class2024/25
- 595th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
55 in 1st Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 551st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 593rd Class2022/23
- 574th Class2023/24
- 585th Class2024/25
- 596th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 603rd Class2021/22
- 594th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 596th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
58 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 583rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 615th Class2022/23
- 616th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
59 in 4th Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 594th Class2020/21
- 615th Class2021/22
- 616th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
60 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 605th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Junior Infants in 2023/24 (47 to 56)
- −16Senior Infants in 2025/26 (57 to 41)
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 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
21.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers107.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.3
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.49 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 Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids ConventThis school | – | 406 |
−12.5%
|
|
| 1 | Glasnevin Educate Together NS0.5 km · Dublin 11 · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 410 |
+73.7%
|
| 2 | Glasnevin N S0.7 km · Dublin 9 · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 83 |
+10.7%
|
| 3 | North Dublin NS Project0.7 km · Dublin 9 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 214 |
−6.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil na Croi Naofa0.8 km · Dublin 11 · Boys | 0.8 km | 404 |
−12.9%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Áine0.9 km · Droim Conrach · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 176 | – |
| 6 | Scoil Mobhi0.9 km · Baile Átha Cliath 9 · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 248 |
−5.7%
|
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
- Darina Burke
- Phone
- 018376653
- [email protected]
- Address
- Finglas Road Old, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, D11 VF95
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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
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 | 406 | 406 | 0 | 38 | 41 | 57 | 48 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 431 | 431 | – | 42 | 57 | 49 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 58 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 452 | 452 | 0 | 56 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 57 | 60 | 61 |
| 2022/23 | 458 | 458 | – | 47 | 56 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 61 |
| 2021/22 | 463 | 463 | – | 56 | 53 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 457 | 457 | – | 52 | 59 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 58 |
| 2019/20 | 469 | 469 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 464 | 464 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 463 | 463 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 465 | 465 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 464 | 464 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 464 | 464 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 468 | 468 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 467 | 467 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 465 | 465 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 467 | 467 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 451 | 451 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 457 | 457 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 459 | 459 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 465 | 465 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 454 | 454 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 454 | 454 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 481 | 481 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 489 | 489 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 514 | 514 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 520 | 520 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 530 | 530 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 542 | 542 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 549 | 549 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 557 | 557 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 560 | 560 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 575 | 575 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 581 | 581 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 617 | 617 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 612 | 612 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 608 | 608 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 603 | 603 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 591 | 591 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 596 | 596 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 613 | 613 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 587 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 509 | 509 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |