Mary Mother of Hope Senior NS
Dublin 15 · Roll number 20137P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 429
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 36 from 465 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 181 / 248
- 42% girls
Pupils since 2001
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
429 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 112 | 112 | 100 | 108 | 109 | 107 | 108.0 |
| 4th Class | 109 | 112 | 109 | 104 | 107 | 113 | 109.0 |
| 5th Class | 108 | 109 | 112 | 103 | 104 | 109 | 107.5 |
| 6th Class | 111 | 107 | 108 | 108 | 104 | 100 | 106.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
109 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 113 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 1093rd Class2024/25
- 1134th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
108 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 109 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1083rd Class2023/24
- 1074th Class2024/25
- 1095th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
100 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 100 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1003rd Class2022/23
- 1044th Class2023/24
- 1045th Class2024/25
- 1006th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
112 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 104 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils fewer.
- 1123rd Class2021/22
- 1094th Class2022/23
- 1035th Class2023/24
- 1046th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
112 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 1123rd Class2020/21
- 1124th Class2021/22
- 1125th Class2022/23
- 1086th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
109 in 4th Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1094th Class2020/21
- 1095th Class2021/22
- 1086th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
108 in 5th Class (2020/21), 107 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1085th Class2020/21
- 1076th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +83rd Class in 2023/24 (100 to 108)
- −123rd Class in 2022/23 (112 to 100)
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 Mary Mother of Hope Senior 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
24.1teaching 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 teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
11 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 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 Mary Mother of Hope Senior NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Mother of Hope Senior NSThis school | – | 429 |
−7.7%
|
|
| 1 | Mary Mother of Hope Junior National School0.1 km · Dublin 15 | 0.1 km | 349 |
−25.3%
|
| 2 | Sacred Heart N S1.0 km · Dublin 15 | 1.0 km | 632 |
−25.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Ghrainne Community National School1.1 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 585 |
−13.2%
|
| 4 | St Ciarans N S1.2 km · Dublin 15 | 1.2 km | 530 |
−27.5%
|
| 5 | St Benedicts National School1.6 km · Dublin 15 | 1.6 km | 622 |
−6.3%
|
| 6 | Castaheany Educate Together NS1.7 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.7 km | 362 |
−15.4%
|
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
- Áine Fitzpatrick
- Phone
- 018128693
- [email protected]
- Address
- Littlepace, Castaheany, Dublin 15, D15 PH93
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Blanchardstown–West–D15
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
25 school years from 2001/02 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 429 | 181 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 113 | 109 | 100 |
| 2024/25 | 429 | 174 | 255 | – | – | – | – | 109 | 107 | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 423 | 181 | 242 | – | – | – | – | 108 | 104 | 103 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 429 | 182 | 247 | – | – | – | – | 100 | 109 | 112 | 108 |
| 2021/22 | 440 | 189 | 251 | – | – | – | – | 112 | 112 | 109 | 107 |
| 2020/21 | 440 | 183 | 257 | – | – | – | – | 112 | 109 | 108 | 111 |
| 2019/20 | 446 | 192 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 456 | 210 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 466 | 216 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 467 | 229 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 465 | 236 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 468 | 245 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 476 | 244 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 477 | 266 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 437 | 236 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 400 | 205 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 364 | 189 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 301 | 146 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 698 | 358 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 581 | 290 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 470 | 239 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 349 | 163 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 265 | 129 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 158 | 71 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 65 | 29 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |