Marley Grange NS
Dublin 16 · Roll number 19574H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 461
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 38 from 499 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 204 / 257
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
461 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 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 55.2 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 52 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 55.5 |
| 1st Class | 70 | 53 | 54 | 59 | 56 | 56 | 58.0 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 70 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 58.7 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 55 | 74 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 58.7 |
| 4th Class | 74 | 53 | 57 | 71 | 52 | 57 | 60.7 |
| 5th Class | 60 | 74 | 54 | 60 | 71 | 52 | 61.8 |
| 6th Class | 62 | 60 | 73 | 56 | 60 | 71 | 63.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 56 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 56Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 56 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 56Senior Infants2024/25
- 561st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
56 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2022/23
- 56Senior Infants2023/24
- 561st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
56 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 59 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2021/22
- 60Senior Infants2022/23
- 591st Class2023/24
- 582nd Class2024/25
- 593rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 52Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 563rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 524th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
70 in 1st Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 701st Class2020/21
- 702nd Class2021/22
- 743rd Class2022/23
- 714th Class2023/24
- 715th Class2024/25
- 716th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 574th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 545th Class2022/23
- 566th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
74 in 4th Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 744th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 736th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
60 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 605th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +193rd Class in 2022/23 (55 to 74)
- −214th Class in 2021/22 (74 to 53)
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 Marley Grange NS, 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
26teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
8.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 10.83 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 Marley Grange NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marley Grange NSThis school | – | 461 |
−7.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naithi0.8 km · Baile Átha Cliath 16 · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 231 |
−4.1%
|
| 2 | Rathfarnham Educate Together0.9 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 188 |
−15.7%
|
| 3 | Clochar Loreto N S0.9 km · Dublin 14 | 0.9 km | 445 |
−13.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire1.1 km · Dublin 14 · DEIS | 1.1 km | 209 |
+15.5%
|
| 5 | St Attractas Junior N S1.2 km · Dublin 16 | 1.2 km | 337 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire1.2 km · Dublin 16 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 187 |
−22.1%
|
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
- John Sheanon
- Phone
- 014945955
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grange Manor Close, Marley Grange, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 FF62
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Ballinteer–Stepaside–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
39 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 461 | 204 | 257 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 52 | 71 |
| 2024/25 | 465 | 212 | 253 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 52 | 71 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 468 | 213 | 255 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 71 | 60 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 484 | 213 | 271 | 56 | 60 | 54 | 56 | 74 | 57 | 54 | 73 |
| 2021/22 | 473 | 214 | 259 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 70 | 55 | 53 | 74 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 482 | 227 | 255 | 53 | 53 | 70 | 56 | 54 | 74 | 60 | 62 |
| 2019/20 | 496 | 239 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 507 | 246 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 497 | 238 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 492 | 237 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 499 | 239 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 483 | 234 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 482 | 235 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 482 | 236 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 481 | 226 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 472 | 226 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 466 | 229 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 456 | 221 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 450 | 223 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 452 | 215 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 457 | 219 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 451 | 207 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 454 | 204 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 485 | 212 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 485 | 211 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 499 | 228 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 512 | 227 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 510 | 244 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 510 | 257 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 533 | 265 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 536 | 272 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 545 | 281 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 563 | 290 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 489 | 219 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 419 | 185 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 343 | 151 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 246 | 106 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 165 | 71 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 62 | 26 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |