Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School
Dublin 12 · Roll number 17355I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 135
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1%
- Up 1 from 134 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 122 / 13
- 90% 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
135 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 26 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 26.0 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 32 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 26.7 |
| 4th Class | 19 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 26.3 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 25.2 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 22 | 15 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 22.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
35 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 34 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 352nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 345th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
26 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 214th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 323rd Class2021/22
- 314th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
19 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 194th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +136th Class in 2023/24 (15 to 28)
- −103rd Class in 2022/23 (32 to 22)
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 Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior 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
14.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
9.14 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 22 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.6 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 12.83 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior SchoolThis school | – | 135 |
+0.7%
|
|
| 1 | Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior NS0.1 km · Dublin 12 · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 120 |
−17.8%
|
| 2 | Our Lady of Good Counsel School0.1 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 125 |
−22.8%
|
| 3 | Goldenbridge Convent0.7 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 188 |
−34.0%
|
| 4 | S N Muire gan Smal B0.9 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.9 km | 331 |
+2.5%
|
| 5 | Drimnagh Castle CBS N S1.1 km · Dublin 12 · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 342 |
−21.7%
|
| 6 | S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School1.2 km · Dublin 12 · Girls | 1.2 km | 230 |
+26.4%
|
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
- Paul Ryan
- Phone
- 014557011
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mourne Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, D12 XD51
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Dolphin's Barn–D12
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 | 135 | 122 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 145 | 133 | 12 | – | – | – | 19 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 141 | 12 | – | – | – | 28 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 148 | 140 | 8 | – | – | – | 35 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 139 | 135 | 4 | – | – | – | 26 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 133 | 129 | 4 | – | – | – | 30 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 126 | 121 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 111 | 106 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 116 | 111 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 129 | 124 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 134 | 134 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 130 | 124 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 137 | 129 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 145 | 134 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 147 | 137 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 160 | 150 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 174 | 168 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 176 | 176 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 170 | 158 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 177 | 170 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 177 | 169 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 179 | 171 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 196 | 188 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 190 | 182 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 190 | 186 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 193 | 193 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 189 | 189 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 184 | 182 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 191 | 189 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 179 | 176 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 162 | 160 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 175 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 179 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 341 | 341 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 367 | 367 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 393 | 393 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 412 | 412 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 442 | 442 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 469 | 469 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 546 | 546 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 586 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 706 | 706 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |