Bracken Educate Together NS
Balbriggan · Roll number 20282B
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 375
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 33 from 408 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 175 / 200
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
375 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 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 63 | 43 | 39 | 47.2 |
| Senior Infants | 47 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 59 | 46 | 48.8 |
| 1st Class | 46 | 47 | 41 | 46 | 44 | 61 | 47.5 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 48 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 45.0 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 43 | 45.3 |
| 4th Class | 62 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 48.8 |
| 5th Class | 46 | 62 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49.2 |
| 6th Class | 49 | 48 | 60 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 49.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
63 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 61 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 63Junior Infants2023/24
- 59Senior Infants2024/25
- 611st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 441st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
45 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 43 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 45Junior Infants2021/22
- 45Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 422nd Class2024/25
- 433rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 43 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2020/21
- 47Senior Infants2021/22
- 411st Class2022/23
- 402nd Class2023/24
- 393rd Class2024/25
- 434th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
47 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 47Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 454th Class2024/25
- 475th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
46 in 1st Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 461st Class2020/21
- 482nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 486th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 493rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 475th Class2023/24
- 456th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 455th Class2022/23
- 476th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
62 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 624th Class2020/21
- 625th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
46 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 465th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Junior Infants in 2023/24 (46 to 63)
- −20Junior Infants in 2024/25 (63 to 43)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Bracken Educate Together NS, 2007/08 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
31teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
17.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 17.32 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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 Bracken Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracken Educate Together NSThis school | – | 375 |
−8.1%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin0.1 km · Baile Brigín · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.1 km | 306 |
−34.2%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Teresa0.4 km · Balbriggan · DEIS | 0.4 km | 364 |
−14.8%
|
| 3 | S N Peadar agus Pol N1.2 km · Balbriggan | 1.2 km | 357 |
−24.5%
|
| 4 | Blessed Oliver N S1.4 km · Balbriggan | 1.4 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
- Laura O'Shaughnessy
- Phone
- 018496850
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castlelands, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 YE94
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- 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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 375 | 175 | 200 | 39 | 46 | 61 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 383 | 185 | 198 | 43 | 59 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 45 | 48 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 394 | 194 | 200 | 63 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 47 | 47 |
| 2022/23 | 397 | 185 | 212 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 45 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 403 | 195 | 208 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 62 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 402 | 196 | 206 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 62 | 46 | 49 |
| 2019/20 | 403 | 196 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 403 | 188 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 398 | 184 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 398 | 185 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 408 | 191 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 388 | 183 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 403 | 179 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 412 | 197 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 378 | 180 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 339 | 163 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 269 | 130 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 169 | 84 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 78 | 27 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |