Balbriggan Educate Together NS
Balbriggan · Roll number 20202A
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 356
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −11%
- Down 43 from 399 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 161 / 195
- 45% girls
Pupils since 2005
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
356 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 | 41 | 62 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 44.8 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 40 | 61 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 45.2 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 42 | 42 | 61 | 41 | 41 | 46.0 |
| 2nd Class | 42 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 61 | 43 | 46.7 |
| 3rd Class | 50 | 41 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 63 | 47.7 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 48 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 45.3 |
| 5th Class | 53 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 47.3 |
| 6th Class | 67 | 50 | 52 | 47 | 42 | 40 | 49.7 |
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
42 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 41 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 411st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 43 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 43Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 432nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
62 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 63 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 62Junior Infants2021/22
- 61Senior Infants2022/23
- 611st Class2023/24
- 612nd Class2024/25
- 633rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
41 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 41 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 41Junior Infants2020/21
- 40Senior Infants2021/22
- 421st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 413rd Class2024/25
- 414th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 45 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 452nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 454th Class2024/25
- 455th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 463rd Class2022/23
- 434th Class2023/24
- 425th Class2024/25
- 406th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
42 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 422nd Class2020/21
- 413rd Class2021/22
- 414th Class2022/23
- 425th Class2023/24
- 426th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
50 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 503rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 485th Class2022/23
- 476th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 545th Class2021/22
- 526th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
53 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 535th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +223rd Class in 2025/26 (41 to 63)
- −21Junior Infants in 2022/23 (62 to 41)
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 Balbriggan Educate Together 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
25.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers185 hours of support teaching a week 7.4
6.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8.32 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 Balbriggan Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balbriggan Educate Together NSThis school | – | 356 |
−10.8%
|
|
| 1 | St Georges N S0.5 km · Balbriggan · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 339 |
−16.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Chormaic0.8 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational | 0.8 km | 362 |
−15.2%
|
| 3 | St Molaga Senior NS1.2 km · Balbriggan | 1.2 km | 422 |
−5.6%
|
| 4 | S N Peadar agus Pol N1.2 km · Balbriggan | 1.2 km | 357 |
−24.5%
|
| 5 | Balscadden N S1.7 km · Ring Commons | 1.7 km | 198 |
−9.6%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin2.2 km · Baile Brigín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 2.2 km | 306 |
−34.2%
|
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
- Emma Grufferty
- Phone
- 016904635
- [email protected]
- Address
- Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 NT02
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Balbriggan
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 356 | 161 | 195 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 63 | 41 | 45 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | 357 | 163 | 194 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 61 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 365 | 166 | 199 | 42 | 43 | 61 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 47 |
| 2022/23 | 376 | 177 | 199 | 41 | 61 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 52 |
| 2021/22 | 384 | 186 | 198 | 62 | 40 | 42 | 47 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 398 | 199 | 199 | 41 | 42 | 49 | 42 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 67 |
| 2019/20 | 401 | 200 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 399 | 201 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 397 | 195 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 402 | 203 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 399 | 199 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 397 | 200 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 399 | 190 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 404 | 192 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 374 | 170 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 346 | 158 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 298 | 131 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 263 | 110 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 220 | 96 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 158 | 65 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 53 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |