Holy Spirit B N S
Dublin 11 · Roll number 19208F
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 229
- −19 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −34%
- Down 117 from 346 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 229
- 0% 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 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 29.5 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 33 | 40 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 30.3 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 34 | 34 | 42 | 26 | 23 | 31.7 |
| 2nd Class | 34 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 24 | 32.5 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 34 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 36.2 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 49 | 33 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 37.7 |
| 5th Class | 42 | 47 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 38.8 |
| 6th Class | 48 | 40 | 47 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 39.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 23 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 231st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
41 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 41Junior Infants2021/22
- 40Senior Infants2022/23
- 421st Class2023/24
- 402nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 352nd Class2023/24
- 343rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 341st Class2021/22
- 322nd Class2022/23
- 353rd Class2023/24
- 364th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
34 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 342nd Class2020/21
- 343rd Class2021/22
- 334th Class2022/23
- 325th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 494th Class2021/22
- 485th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 475th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
42 in 5th Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 425th Class2020/21
- 406th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +81st Class in 2023/24 (34 to 42)
- −164th Class in 2022/23 (49 to 33)
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 Holy Spirit B N S, 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
23.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers207.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 1
10.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13.81 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 Holy Spirit B N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit B N SThis school | – | 229 |
−33.8%
|
|
| 1 | SN an Spioraid Naiomh C0.1 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.1 km | 249 |
−18.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil an Tseachtar Laoch0.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath 11 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.5 km | 165 |
−21.4%
|
| 3 | Virgin Mary Girls National School0.6 km · Dublin 9 · Girls · DEIS | 0.6 km | 160 |
+20.3%
|
| 4 | St Josephs JNR0.6 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 138 |
−2.8%
|
| 5 | St Josephs Senior N S0.6 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 161 |
+29.8%
|
| 6 | S N na Maighdine Muire B0.6 km · Dublin 9 · Boys · DEIS | 0.6 km | 151 |
+12.7%
|
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
- Vivienne Bryan
- Phone
- 018421230
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11, D11 N207
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- FinglasEast–BallymunD11
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 | 229 | 0 | 229 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 248 | – | 248 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 40 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 268 | 0 | 268 | 23 | 27 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 291 | – | 291 | 28 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 48 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 308 | – | 308 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 49 | 47 | 40 |
| 2020/21 | 316 | – | 316 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 48 | 46 | 42 | 48 |
| 2019/20 | 337 | – | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 335 | – | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 341 | – | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 354 | 0 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 346 | 0 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 338 | 0 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 338 | 0 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 331 | 0 | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 346 | 0 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 359 | 0 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 368 | 0 | 368 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 387 | 0 | 387 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 396 | 0 | 396 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 398 | 0 | 398 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 404 | 0 | 404 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 399 | 0 | 399 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 393 | 0 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 393 | 0 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 411 | 0 | 411 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 427 | 0 | 427 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 426 | 0 | 426 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 421 | 0 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 429 | 0 | 429 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 436 | 0 | 436 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 430 | – | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 437 | – | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 420 | – | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 710 | 0 | 710 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 754 | 0 | 754 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 850 | 0 | 850 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 917 | 0 | 917 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 938 | 0 | 938 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 1,015 | 0 | 1,015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 1,020 | 0 | 1,020 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 1,039 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 1,144 | 0 | 1,144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |