Holy Spirit Senior Primary School
Dublin 12 · Roll number 20464H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 269
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −16%
- Down 50 from 319 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 142 / 127
- 53% 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
269 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 82 | 58 | 55 | 61 | 77 | 73 | 67.7 |
| 4th Class | 89 | 80 | 62 | 55 | 59 | 74 | 69.8 |
| 5th Class | 73 | 89 | 76 | 60 | 56 | 62 | 69.3 |
| 6th Class | 69 | 68 | 86 | 73 | 63 | 60 | 69.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
77 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 74 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 773rd Class2024/25
- 744th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
61 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 62 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 613rd Class2023/24
- 594th Class2024/25
- 625th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
55 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 60 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 553rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 606th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
58 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 63 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 624th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 636th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
82 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils fewer.
- 823rd Class2020/21
- 804th Class2021/22
- 765th Class2022/23
- 736th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
89 in 4th Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 894th Class2020/21
- 895th Class2021/22
- 866th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
73 in 5th Class (2020/21), 68 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils fewer.
- 735th Class2020/21
- 686th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +186th Class in 2022/23 (68 to 86)
- −243rd Class in 2021/22 (82 to 58)
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 Senior 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
22.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
13 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 13 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 Senior Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit Senior Primary SchoolThis school | – | 269 |
−15.7%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Spirit Junior Primary School0.1 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 0.1 km | 270 |
−14.8%
|
| 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
- Elma Young
- Phone
- 014506019
- [email protected]
- Address
- Limekiln Lane, Greenhills, Dublin 12, D12 AY63
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- 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
- 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 | 269 | 142 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 135 | 131 | – | – | – | – | 77 | 59 | 56 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 261 | 124 | 137 | – | – | – | – | 61 | 55 | 60 | 73 |
| 2022/23 | 290 | 146 | 144 | – | – | – | – | 55 | 62 | 76 | 86 |
| 2021/22 | 306 | 167 | 139 | – | – | – | – | 58 | 80 | 89 | 68 |
| 2020/21 | 324 | 185 | 139 | – | – | – | – | 82 | 89 | 73 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 320 | 198 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 320 | 206 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 310 | 212 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 323 | 225 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 319 | 226 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |