Scoil Bhreandain

Dublin 5 · Roll number 18360G

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
136
−7 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−10%
Down 15 from 151 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
0 / 136
0% girls
Teachers
about 15
8 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

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

136 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants0
  • Senior Infants0
  • 1st Class6
  • 2nd Class21
  • 3rd Class13
  • 4th Class22
  • 5th Class38
  • 6th Class36

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 1 – – – – 0 0.5
Senior Infants – – – – – 0 0.0
1st Class – – – – – 6 6.0
2nd Class 31 37 34 23 13 21 26.5
3rd Class 32 30 37 33 21 13 27.7
4th Class 33 32 31 38 34 22 31.7
5th Class 30 31 32 33 37 38 33.5
6th Class 33 30 31 31 33 36 32.3

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

1 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.

  1. 1Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 232nd Class2023/24
  3. 213rd Class2024/25
  4. 224th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +82nd Class in 2025/26 (13 to 21)
  • −123rd Class in 2024/25 (33 to 21)

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 Scoil Bhreandain, 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 8 mainstream classes 8
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers92.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.7
  • Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2

9 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27: a new special class opens

The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 11 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 Scoil Bhreandain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Scoil Bhreandain
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Scoil BhreandainThis school – 136
−9.9%
1 SN Caitriona Girls0.1 km · Dublin 5 · Girls · DEIS 0.1 km 185
−4.1%
2 S N Caitriona Naionain0.2 km · Dublin 5 · DEIS 0.2 km 178
−18.0%
3 Scoil Neasain0.2 km · Baile Átha Cliath 5 · Gaelscoil 0.2 km 241
−5.9%
4 St Brigids Convent N S0.9 km · Dublin 5 · Girls 0.9 km 369
−14.4%
5 St Brigids Boys N S1.1 km · Dublin 5 · Boys 1.1 km 287
−23.7%
6 St Malachys B N S1.1 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS 1.1 km 130
−36.0%
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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
Siobhán Flynn
Address
McAuley Road, Artane, Dublin 5, D05 P820

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

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 136 0 136 0062113223836
2024/25 143 – 143 –––1321343733
2023/24 162 0 162 –––2333383331
2022/23 171 – 171 –––3437313231
2021/22 166 – 166 –––3730323130
2020/21 163 – 163 1––3132333033
2019/20 157 – 157 ––––––––
2018/19 145 – 145 ––––––––
2017/18 148 – 148 ––––––––
2016/17 148 0 148 ––––––––
2015/16 151 0 151 ––––––––
2014/15 146 0 146 ––––––––
2013/14 159 0 159 ––––––––
2012/13 155 0 155 ––––––––
2011/12 170 0 170 ––––––––
2010/11 164 0 164 ––––––––
2009/10 170 0 170 ––––––––
2008/09 177 0 177 ––––––––
2007/08 183 0 183 ––––––––
2006/07 192 0 192 ––––––––
2005/06 207 0 207 ––––––––
2004/05 196 0 196 ––––––––
2003/04 190 0 190 ––––––––
2002/03 195 0 195 ––––––––
2001/02 180 0 180 ––––––––
2000/01 177 0 177 ––––––––
1999/00 180 0 180 ––––––––
1998/99 204 0 204 ––––––––
1997/98 201 0 201 ––––––––
1996/97 202 0 202 ––––––––
1995/96 203 – 203 ––––––––
1994/95 216 – 216 ––––––––
1993/94 219 – 219 ––––––––
1982/83 145 0 145 ––––––––
1981/82 178 0 178 ––––––––
1980/81 215 0 215 ––––––––
1979/80 244 0 244 ––––––––
1978/79 279 0 279 ––––––––
1977/78 300 0 300 ––––––––
1976/77 325 0 325 ––––––––
1975/76 341 – – ––––––––
1974/75 364 0 364 ––––––––