St Brigids Primary School
Dublin 8 · Roll number 16786H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 229
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 30 from 259 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 139 / 90
- 61% 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
229 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 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 34.7 |
| Senior Infants | 52 | 46 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 35.5 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 51 | 46 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 38.7 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 27 | 26 | 29.5 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 27.3 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 19 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 26.2 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 25.2 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 24.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 31Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
35 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 35Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 461st Class2022/23
- 392nd Class2023/24
- 323rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 22 pupils fewer.
- 52Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 342nd Class2022/23
- 323rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 324th Class2023/24
- 325th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 195th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 216th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +94th Class in 2023/24 (23 to 32)
- −17Junior Infants in 2021/22 (52 to 35)
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.
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Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Brigids Primary School, 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
18.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers147.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.9
3.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers and 3.66 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 Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids Primary SchoolThis school | – | 229 |
−11.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks0.2 km · Dublin 8 · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 24 |
−22.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil na mBrathar0.3 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.3 km | 155 |
+24.0%
|
| 3 | Presentation Primary School0.4 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 223 |
−18.9%
|
| 4 | South City CNS0.6 km · Dublin 8 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.6 km | 148 |
+8.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Treasa Naofa0.6 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 175 |
−3.8%
|
| 6 | St Audoens NS0.6 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 171 |
−9.0%
|
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
- Thérése Gamble
- Phone
- 014547734
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Coombe, Dublin 8, D08 E377
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
- Dublin–8
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 | 229 | 139 | 90 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 149 | 79 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 237 | 168 | 69 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 172 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 46 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | 249 | 185 | 64 | 35 | 46 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 269 | 196 | 73 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 263 | 188 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 265 | 192 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 270 | 195 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 274 | 202 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 259 | 195 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 249 | 187 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 245 | 180 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 245 | 173 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 237 | 171 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 223 | 156 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 222 | 154 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 220 | 148 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 214 | 141 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 215 | 138 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 215 | 134 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 216 | 143 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 215 | 151 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 214 | 158 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 223 | 170 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 242 | 183 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 253 | 190 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 269 | 199 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 273 | 207 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 270 | 205 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 264 | 203 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 268 | 206 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 296 | 220 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 377 | 287 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 379 | 296 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 360 | 290 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 378 | 310 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 392 | 322 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 398 | 318 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 406 | 324 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 386 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 381 | 330 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |