Our lady's Grove Primary School
Dublin 14 · Roll number 19374W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 409
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 27 from 436 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 212 / 197
- 52% 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
409 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 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 43 | 45 | 52.2 |
| Senior Infants | 50 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 52.3 |
| 1st Class | 54 | 51 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 54 | 54.8 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 55.0 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 58 | 54.0 |
| 4th Class | 55 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 53.2 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 49 | 53.8 |
| 6th Class | 53 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 52.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
53 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 54 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 53Junior Infants2023/24
- 52Senior Infants2024/25
- 541st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
56 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 56Junior Infants2022/23
- 56Senior Infants2023/24
- 581st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
58 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 58Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 581st Class2023/24
- 572nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 58Junior Infants2020/21
- 57Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 522nd Class2023/24
- 503rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 50Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 495th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
54 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 541st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 553rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 533rd Class2021/22
- 544th Class2022/23
- 545th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 564th Class2021/22
- 545th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
55 in 4th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 554th Class2020/21
- 535th Class2021/22
- 526th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): 6 pupils fewer.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +83rd Class in 2025/26 (50 to 58)
- −10Junior Infants in 2024/25 (53 to 43)
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's Grove Primary 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
23.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers167.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.7
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.7 special education teachers and 8 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's Grove Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolThis school | – | 409 |
−6.2%
|
|
| 1 | Islamic National School0.4 km · Dublin 14 · Muslim | 0.4 km | 414 |
+39.9%
|
| 2 | Our Ladys N S1.1 km · Dublin 14 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 176 |
−28.2%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Laighean1.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 14 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 130 | – |
| 4 | Taney N S1.4 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 384 |
−12.3%
|
| 5 | Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School1.4 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 1.4 km | 170 | – |
| 6 | Holy Cross N S1.4 km · Dublin 14 | 1.4 km | 260 |
+11.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- JoAnna McDowell
- Phone
- 012988694
- [email protected]
- Address
- Goatstown Road,, Dublin 14, D14 Y993
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
- Goatstown–Stillorgan–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
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 | 409 | 212 | 197 | 45 | 43 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 50 | 49 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 417 | 222 | 195 | 43 | 52 | 58 | 57 | 50 | 49 | 56 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 431 | 229 | 202 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 435 | 236 | 199 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 52 |
| 2021/22 | 434 | 224 | 210 | 58 | 57 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 56 | 53 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 438 | 216 | 222 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 53 |
| 2019/20 | 439 | 218 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 439 | 216 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 455 | 232 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 452 | 233 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 436 | 217 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 426 | 220 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 432 | 228 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 422 | 229 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 431 | 237 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 433 | 248 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 408 | 242 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 383 | 235 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 355 | 235 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 325 | 235 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 312 | 238 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 297 | 237 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 277 | 235 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 276 | 243 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 287 | 248 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 311 | 261 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 330 | 270 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 341 | 277 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 357 | 283 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 362 | 290 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 365 | 290 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 355 | 288 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 357 | 283 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 389 | 325 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 410 | 339 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 399 | 326 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 421 | 339 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 464 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 474 | 366 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 497 | 376 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 495 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 512 | 383 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |