S N Mhuire
Garristown · Roll number 17559B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 191
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −19%
- Down 46 from 237 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 96
- 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
191 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 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 21.7 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 21 | 21.2 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 22.0 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 22.3 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 23.7 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 25.0 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 27.0 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 27.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 192nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 16Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 182nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 193rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 275th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 325th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +151st Class in 2025/26 (18 to 33)
- −11Junior Infants in 2024/25 (29 to 18)
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 S N Mhuire, 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
14.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers87.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.31 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.65 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 S N Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N MhuireThis school | – | 191 |
−19.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Cianain4.2 km · Ashbourne | 4.2 km | 73 |
−12.0%
|
| 2 | S N Aindreis Naofa4.7 km · Ashbourne | 4.7 km | 107 |
−1.8%
|
| 3 | S N Padraig Naofa4.9 km · Garristown | 4.9 km | 137 |
+14.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire5.3 km · Ashbourne | 5.3 km | 479 |
−4.4%
|
| 5 | Ashbourne Community National School5.8 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 5.8 km | 341 | – |
| 6 | Ashbourne Educate Together National School6.0 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 6.0 km | 410 |
+86.4%
|
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
- Mr Pádraig Durkan
- Phone
- 018354505
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Green, Garristown, Co. Dublin, A42 V673
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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Ashbourne
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
43 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 | 191 | 95 | 96 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 187 | 98 | 89 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 193 | 95 | 98 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 192 | 92 | 100 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 186 | 91 | 95 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 26 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 194 | 91 | 103 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 201 | 94 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 216 | 106 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 217 | 109 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 214 | 105 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 237 | 114 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 239 | 113 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 238 | 113 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 227 | 103 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 200 | 93 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 190 | 86 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 167 | 71 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 130 | 65 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 126 | 62 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 116 | 58 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 106 | 54 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 93 | 48 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 97 | 49 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 83 | 45 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 85 | 45 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 84 | 54 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 85 | 48 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 90 | 43 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 108 | 48 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 114 | 53 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 127 | 58 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 134 | 65 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 147 | 73 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 179 | 92 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 178 | 88 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 165 | 79 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 159 | 79 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 151 | 75 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 129 | 63 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 115 | 56 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 100 | 53 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |