Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys N S
Dún Laoghaire · Roll number 19320W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 389
- +6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 43 from 432 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 389
- 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
389 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 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 40 | 48 | 46.3 |
| Senior Infants | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 40 | 46.3 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 48 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 48.5 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 51 | 45 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 48.3 |
| 3rd Class | 51 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 51 | 46 | 48.3 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 46 | 52 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 49 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 47 | 50.3 |
| 6th Class | 48 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 50.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
40 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 40 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 40Junior Infants2024/25
- 40Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 48Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 51 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 512nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 46 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 451st Class2023/24
- 462nd Class2024/25
- 463rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 48Senior Infants2020/21
- 481st Class2021/22
- 452nd Class2022/23
- 443rd Class2023/24
- 464th Class2024/25
- 475th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 515th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 513rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 515th Class2021/22
- 476th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
49 in 5th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 495th Class2020/21
- 496th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Junior Infants in 2025/26 (40 to 48)
- −9Junior Infants in 2024/25 (49 to 40)
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 Boys 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
22.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers142.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.7
9 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher 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 Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys N S, 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 Boys N SThis school | – | 389 |
−10.0%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady Good Counsel GNS0.1 km · Dun Laoghaire | 0.1 km | 398 |
−13.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Colmcille Senior1.1 km · Ballybrack · DEIS | 1.1 km | 147 |
−26.5%
|
| 3 | St Johns N S1.2 km · Ballybrack · DEIS | 1.2 km | 165 |
+7.8%
|
| 4 | Scoil Cholmcille Junior NS1.2 km · Ballybrack · DEIS | 1.2 km | 124 |
−9.5%
|
| 5 | Dalkey School Project1.2 km · Glenageary · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 220 |
−8.3%
|
| 6 | Sallynoggin Educate Together National School1.3 km · Sallynoggin · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 45 | – |
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
- Michelle Cotterell
- Phone
- 012851449
- [email protected]
- Address
- Johnstown, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 AF10
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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Sallynoggin–Killiney–DLR
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 | 389 | 0 | 389 | 48 | 40 | 50 | 51 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 383 | – | 383 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 46 | 54 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 389 | 0 | 389 | 49 | 47 | 45 | 51 | 44 | 52 | 51 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 386 | – | 386 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 47 |
| 2021/22 | 393 | – | 393 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 51 | 47 | 52 | 51 | 49 |
| 2020/21 | 391 | – | 391 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 48 |
| 2019/20 | 402 | – | 402 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 409 | – | 409 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 417 | – | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 433 | 0 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 432 | 0 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 445 | 0 | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 438 | 0 | 438 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 439 | 0 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 433 | 0 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 430 | 0 | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 424 | 0 | 424 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 431 | 0 | 431 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 425 | 0 | 425 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 421 | 0 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 441 | 0 | 441 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 456 | 0 | 456 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 478 | 0 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 492 | 0 | 492 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 488 | 0 | 488 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 499 | 0 | 499 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 514 | – | 514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 529 | – | 529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 541 | – | 541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 545 | – | 545 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 552 | – | 552 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 554 | – | 554 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 551 | – | 551 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 759 | 0 | 759 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 736 | 0 | 736 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 755 | 0 | 755 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 756 | 0 | 756 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 792 | 0 | 792 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 767 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 758 | 0 | 758 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 718 | 0 | 718 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 660 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 579 | 0 | 579 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |