Gaelscoil na Giúise
D24 W682 · Roll number 20412L
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 278
- +15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +435%
- Up 226 from 52 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 130 / 148
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
278 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 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 40 | 45 | 39.2 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 25 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 41 | 38.7 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 41 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 35.8 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 26 | 38 | 24 | 34 | 38 | 31.2 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 22 | 34 | 28.8 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 34 | 20 | 25.8 |
| 5th Class | 12 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 23.7 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 18.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
40 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 41 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 40Junior Infants2024/25
- 41Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 38 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 42Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 382nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
36 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 34 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 351st Class2023/24
- 342nd Class2024/25
- 343rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 411st Class2021/22
- 382nd Class2022/23
- 373rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils fewer.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
12 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 125th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2021/22 (27 to 41)
- −17Senior Infants in 2021/22 (42 to 25)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil na Giúise, 2013/14 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
18.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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 na Giúise, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil na GiúiseThis school | – | 278 |
+434.6%
|
|
| 1 | Firhouse Educate Together National School0.1 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 355 |
+446.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Treasa Firhouse0.5 km · Dublin 24 | 0.5 km | 377 |
−3.6%
|
| 3 | Holy Rosary Primary School0.8 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 525 |
−12.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Carmel0.9 km · Dublin 24 | 0.9 km | 313 |
−30.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Santain1.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 24 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 1.1 km | 262 |
−27.4%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna1.2 km · Baile Átha Cliath 16 · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 233 |
−1.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Caitríona Nic Ghiolla Easpaig
- Phone
- 014954064
- [email protected]
- Address
- Céide Bhaile Uí Chuilinn, Teach na Giúise, Baile Átha Cliath, D24 W682, D24 W682
School
- Ethos
- Multi 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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Firhouse–Oldbawn
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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 278 | 130 | 148 | 45 | 41 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 31 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 263 | 127 | 136 | 40 | 47 | 41 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 261 | 120 | 141 | 46 | 42 | 35 | 24 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 238 | 110 | 128 | 41 | 35 | 24 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 216 | 104 | 112 | 36 | 25 | 41 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 195 | 97 | 98 | 27 | 42 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 170 | 85 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 130 | 69 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 102 | 54 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 81 | 39 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 52 | 28 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 27 | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |