Our Lady of Consolation NS
Dublin 5 · Roll number 20064O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 310
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +42%
- Up 91 from 219 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 219 / 91
- 71% girls
Pupils since 1997
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
310 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 | 51 | 55 | 45 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 53.7 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 66 | 52.2 |
| 1st Class | 46 | 64 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 50.2 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 24.0 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 24.0 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 28 | 26.0 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 34 | 25.7 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 24.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 66 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 66Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
51 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 49 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2023/24
- 48Senior Infants2024/25
- 491st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
45 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 19 pupils fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 491st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 16 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 39 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 46Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 163rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 4th Class (2025/26): 23 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 471st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 284th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 5th Class (2025/26): 27 pupils fewer.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 641st Class2021/22
- 292nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 345th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
46 in 1st Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2025/26): 19 pupils fewer.
- 461st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 256th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +181st Class in 2021/22 (46 to 64)
- −171st Class in 2022/23 (64 to 47)
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 Consolation 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
29.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers135 hours of support teaching a week 5.4
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
17.81 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.5 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 17.81 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 Our Lady of Consolation NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Consolation NSThis school | – | 310 |
+41.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Chiarain0.1 km · Dublin 5 · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 151 |
+14.4%
|
| 2 | Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School0.7 km · Dublin 5 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 176 | – |
| 3 | St Brigids Convent N S0.9 km · Dublin 5 · Girls | 0.9 km | 369 |
−14.4%
|
| 4 | St Vincent de Paul Senior School1.0 km · Dublin 9 | 1.0 km | 305 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | St Vincents de Paul Junior N S1.0 km · Dublin 9 | 1.0 km | 334 |
−18.3%
|
| 6 | S N Mhuire na mBrathar1.1 km · Marino | 1.1 km | 336 |
+6.0%
|
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
- Aoife Ní Bhreacháin
- Phone
- 018310721
- [email protected]
- Address
- Collins Avenue East, Donnycarney, Dublin 5, D05 RW80
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
- Killester–Raheny–Clontarf
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
29 school years from 1997/98 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 310 | 219 | 91 | 64 | 66 | 49 | 26 | 16 | 28 | 34 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 308 | 216 | 92 | 56 | 48 | 49 | 14 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 301 | 206 | 95 | 51 | 46 | 46 | 24 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | 299 | 210 | 89 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 310 | 214 | 96 | 55 | 46 | 64 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 300 | 211 | 89 | 51 | 61 | 46 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 287 | 201 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 265 | 187 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 240 | 163 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 224 | 154 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 219 | 142 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 231 | 144 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 244 | 153 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 227 | 142 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 214 | 133 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 221 | 131 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 225 | 133 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 218 | 137 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 215 | 136 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 194 | 126 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 189 | 121 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 187 | 122 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 186 | 125 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 184 | 127 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 181 | 122 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 177 | 133 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 195 | 145 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 211 | 159 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 237 | 174 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |