Holy Spirit Junior Primary School
Dublin 12 · Roll number 20463F
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 270
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 47 from 317 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 127 / 143
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
270 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 | 71 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 57 | 65.3 |
| Senior Infants | 59 | 70 | 61 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 65.8 |
| 1st Class | 52 | 59 | 74 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 64.7 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 56 | 60 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 65.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
69 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 69 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 69Junior Infants2024/25
- 69Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
67 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 69 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 67Junior Infants2023/24
- 69Senior Infants2024/25
- 691st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
67 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 75 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 67Junior Infants2022/23
- 67Senior Infants2023/24
- 701st Class2024/25
- 752nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
61 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 61 pupils fewer.
- 61Junior Infants2021/22
- 61Senior Infants2022/23
- 641st Class2023/24
- 692nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
71 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 71 pupils fewer.
- 71Junior Infants2020/21
- 70Senior Infants2021/22
- 741st Class2022/23
- 742nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 59 pupils fewer.
- 59Senior Infants2020/21
- 591st Class2021/22
- 602nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
52 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 52 pupils fewer.
- 521st Class2020/21
- 562nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +151st Class in 2022/23 (59 to 74)
- −12Junior Infants in 2025/26 (69 to 57)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Holy Spirit Junior Primary School, 2015/16 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
23.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.82 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Spirit Junior Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit Junior Primary SchoolThis school | – | 270 |
−14.8%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Spirit Senior Primary School0.1 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 269 |
−15.7%
|
| 2 | Riverview Educate Together National School0.4 km · Dublin 12 · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 242 | – |
| 3 | St Damiens NS0.8 km · Dublin 12 | 0.8 km | 231 |
−2.5%
|
| 4 | Bishop Shanahan NS1.3 km · Dublin 6W | 1.3 km | 437 |
−8.0%
|
| 5 | Bishop Galvin NS1.4 km · Dublin 6w | 1.4 km | 461 |
−2.9%
|
| 6 | Assumption Junior School1.6 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 1.6 km | 434 |
−17.8%
|
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
- Louise Gleeson
- Phone
- 014569173
- [email protected]
- Address
- Limekiln Lane, Greenhills, Dublin 12, D12 V880
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Dolphin's Barn–D12
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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 270 | 127 | 143 | 57 | 69 | 69 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 277 | 141 | 136 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 272 | 152 | 120 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 74 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 262 | 141 | 121 | 67 | 61 | 74 | 60 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 246 | 130 | 116 | 61 | 70 | 59 | 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 238 | 122 | 116 | 71 | 59 | 52 | 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 251 | 125 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 276 | 152 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 296 | 171 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 307 | 181 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 317 | 196 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |