Holy Child National School
Dublin 9 · Roll number 20338C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 495
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +23%
- Up 93 from 402 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 388 / 107
- 78% girls
Pupils since 2009
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
495 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 | 92 | 73 | 96 | 103 | 90 | 92 | 91.0 |
| Senior Infants | 81 | 93 | 75 | 105 | 100 | 93 | 91.2 |
| 1st Class | 47 | 44 | 49 | 46 | 51 | 55 | 48.7 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 44 | 44 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 48.0 |
| 3rd Class | 40 | 33 | 43 | 47 | 53 | 51 | 44.5 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 37 | 35 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 43.8 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 48 | 51 | 40.8 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 28 | 48 | 35 | 38 | 49 | 40.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
90 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 93 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 90Junior Infants2024/25
- 93Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
103 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 55 in 1st Class (2025/26): 48 pupils fewer.
- 103Junior Infants2023/24
- 100Senior Infants2024/25
- 551st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
96 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 43 pupils fewer.
- 96Junior Infants2022/23
- 105Senior Infants2023/24
- 511st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
73 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 22 pupils fewer.
- 73Junior Infants2021/22
- 75Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
92 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 41 pupils fewer.
- 92Junior Infants2020/21
- 93Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
81 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 5th Class (2025/26): 30 pupils fewer.
- 81Senior Infants2020/21
- 441st Class2021/22
- 442nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 515th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
47 in 1st Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 471st Class2020/21
- 442nd Class2021/22
- 433rd Class2022/23
- 474th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 496th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 333rd Class2021/22
- 354th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 386th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
40 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 403rd Class2020/21
- 374th Class2021/22
- 355th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 486th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +30Senior Infants in 2023/24 (75 to 105)
- −19Junior Infants in 2021/22 (92 to 73)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2009/10 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, 2009/10 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Holy Child National School, 2009/10 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
30teaching posts
Our estimate: about 30 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.32 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 11.32 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2009/10
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 Holy Child National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Child National SchoolThis school | – | 495 |
+23.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil an Leinbh Iosa Boys Seniors0.1 km · Dublin 9 · Boys | 0.1 km | 297 |
+14.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Fhiachra Soisir1.3 km · Dublin 5 | 1.3 km | 557 |
−24.7%
|
| 3 | St Fiachras Sen N S1.4 km · Dublin 5 | 1.4 km | 609 |
−3.8%
|
| 4 | Bantiarna na mBuanna Girls1.5 km · Dublin 9 · Girls · DEIS | 1.5 km | 176 |
+4.1%
|
| 5 | Corpus Christi N S1.5 km · Dublin 9 | 1.5 km | 398 |
−11.8%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Cholmcille1.5 km · Baile Átha Cliath 17 · Gaelscoil | 1.5 km | 209 |
−14.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Sarah Reilly
- Phone
- 018375870
- [email protected]
- Address
- Larkhill Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9, D09 YR59
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not 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
- Whitehall–SantryD9
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
17 school years from 2009/10 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 495 | 388 | 107 | 92 | 93 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 49 |
| 2024/25 | 495 | 396 | 99 | 90 | 100 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | 483 | 374 | 109 | 103 | 105 | 46 | 53 | 47 | 47 | 35 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 437 | 335 | 102 | 96 | 75 | 49 | 44 | 43 | 35 | 35 | 48 |
| 2021/22 | 409 | 317 | 92 | 73 | 93 | 44 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 429 | 341 | 88 | 92 | 81 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 31 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 406 | 322 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 407 | 309 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 414 | 301 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 415 | 291 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 402 | 297 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 407 | 280 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 426 | 301 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 380 | 279 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 347 | 262 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 324 | 258 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 337 | 267 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |