Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin
Baile Brigín · Roll number 20252P
- Inter Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 306
- −31 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −34%
- Down 159 from 465 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 164 / 142
- 54% girls
Pupils since 2006
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
306 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 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 33.8 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 38.5 |
| 1st Class | 52 | 55 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 30 | 43.0 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 53 | 54 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 46.8 |
| 3rd Class | 51 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 42 | 39 | 48.2 |
| 4th Class | 61 | 50 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 44 | 52.3 |
| 5th Class | 64 | 61 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 55.0 |
| 6th Class | 60 | 63 | 61 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 56.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 381st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
43 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 39 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 392nd Class2024/25
- 393rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2020/21
- 42Senior Infants2021/22
- 421st Class2022/23
- 412nd Class2023/24
- 423rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
52 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 521st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 533rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
51 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 513rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
61 in 4th Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 614th Class2020/21
- 615th Class2021/22
- 616th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
64 in 5th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 645th Class2020/21
- 636th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +31st Class in 2021/22 (52 to 55)
- −131st Class in 2022/23 (55 to 42)
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 Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin, 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
24.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers185 hours of support teaching a week 7.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.49 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Bhaile BriginThis school | – | 306 |
−34.2%
|
|
| 1 | Bracken Educate Together NS0.1 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.1 km | 375 |
−8.1%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Teresa0.5 km · Balbriggan · DEIS | 0.5 km | 364 |
−14.8%
|
| 3 | S N Peadar agus Pol N1.2 km · Balbriggan | 1.2 km | 357 |
−24.5%
|
| 4 | Blessed Oliver N S1.3 km · Balbriggan | 1.3 km | 298 |
−13.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Chormaic1.6 km · Balbriggan · Multi-denominational | 1.6 km | 362 |
−15.2%
|
| 6 | St Georges N S1.8 km · Balbriggan · Church of Ireland | 1.8 km | 339 |
−16.3%
|
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
- Clodagh Ní Mhaoilchiaráin
- Phone
- 018416036
- [email protected]
- Address
- Fearann an Chaisleáin, Baile Brigín, Co. Átha Cliath, K32 YT18
School
- Ethos
- Inter Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All 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
20 school years from 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 306 | 164 | 142 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 39 | 44 | 52 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 337 | 182 | 155 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 54 | 51 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 367 | 193 | 174 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 401 | 214 | 187 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 54 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 61 |
| 2021/22 | 430 | 225 | 205 | 43 | 42 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 50 | 61 | 63 |
| 2020/21 | 449 | 237 | 212 | 42 | 54 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 61 | 64 | 60 |
| 2019/20 | 470 | 247 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 488 | 263 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 477 | 249 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 478 | 244 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 465 | 236 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 434 | 222 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 401 | 202 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 348 | 178 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 291 | 147 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 238 | 115 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 171 | 81 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 113 | 55 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 34 | 15 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |