Griffith Barracks Multi D School
Dublin 8 · Roll number 20012S
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 403
- +16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +61%
- Up 152 from 251 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 183 / 220
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1994
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
403 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 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 53.7 |
| Senior Infants | 57 | 57 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 54.8 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 52.8 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 48.3 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 30 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 48.0 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 54 | 27 | 53 | 49 | 46 | 43.0 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 29 | 54 | 27 | 53 | 49 | 40.0 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 28 | 30 | 54 | 27 | 52 | 36.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
52 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 51 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2024/25
- 51Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
53 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 53 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 53Junior Infants2023/24
- 53Senior Infants2024/25
- 531st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 50 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 56Senior Infants2023/24
- 531st Class2024/25
- 502nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 55Senior Infants2022/23
- 511st Class2023/24
- 512nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 46 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 57Junior Infants2020/21
- 57Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 464th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 57Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 495th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 534th Class2023/24
- 535th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 544th Class2021/22
- 545th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +264th Class in 2023/24 (27 to 53)
- −274th Class in 2022/23 (54 to 27)
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 Griffith Barracks Multi D 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
22teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
5.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.2 special education teachers and 5.5 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 Griffith Barracks Multi D School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Barracks Multi D SchoolThis school | – | 403 |
+60.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Catherines West N S0.4 km · Dublin 8 · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 193 |
−9.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Treasa Naofa0.4 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 175 |
−3.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior0.5 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 0.5 km | 83 |
−9.8%
|
| 4 | St Clares Convent N S0.5 km · Dublin 6W | 0.5 km | 163 |
−46.9%
|
| 5 | Presentation Primary School0.6 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 223 |
−18.9%
|
| 6 | Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School0.8 km · Ireland · Multi-denominational | 0.8 km | 174 | – |
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
- Eddie Fox
- Phone
- 014547278
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Old Guardhouse, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 KVY4
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Griffith Barracks Multi-denominational School Company Limited by Guarantee
- 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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Dublin–8
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
32 school years from 1994/95 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 403 | 183 | 220 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 387 | 172 | 215 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 398 | 182 | 216 | 53 | 56 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 27 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 379 | 176 | 203 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 27 | 54 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 361 | 167 | 194 | 55 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 30 | 54 | 29 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 335 | 165 | 170 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 29 | 54 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 309 | 144 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 275 | 134 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 252 | 127 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 254 | 132 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 251 | 133 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 247 | 128 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 242 | 120 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 247 | 118 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 248 | 124 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 243 | 111 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 246 | 109 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 243 | 100 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 217 | 93 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 211 | 84 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 217 | 91 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 180 | 75 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 155 | 62 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 122 | 49 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 116 | 49 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 102 | 48 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 83 | 49 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 52 | 29 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 23 | 12 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 30 | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 21 | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 10 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |