Gaelscoil Laighean
Baile Átha Cliath 14 · Roll number 20518E
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 130
- +25 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2019/20
- With 12 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 72 / 58
- 55% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
130 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 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 18.7 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 16.5 |
| 1st Class | – | 13 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 15.8 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | 13 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 15.5 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | 11 | 17 | 11 | 13.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | 10 | 16 | 13.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
28 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
10 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 11 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 113rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 151st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 164th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 104th Class2024/25
- 95th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2024/25 (17 to 28)
- −6Junior Infants in 2021/22 (16 to 10)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil Laighean, 2019/20 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
6.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 7 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers40 hours of support teaching a week 1.6
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers and 1.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Laighean, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil LaigheanThis school | – | 130 | – | |
| 1 | S N San Treasa0.7 km · Mount Merrion | 0.7 km | 430 |
−5.7%
|
| 2 | S N Cnoc Ainbhil0.7 km · Stillorgan · Girls | 0.7 km | 434 |
−6.9%
|
| 3 | Our lady's Grove Primary School1.1 km · Dublin 14 | 1.1 km | 409 |
−6.2%
|
| 4 | Oatlands Primary School, An Edmund Rice School1.1 km · Blackrock | 1.1 km | 428 |
−0.7%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Lorcan1.2 km · Stillorgan · Boys | 1.2 km | 390 |
−12.2%
|
| 6 | Islamic National School1.3 km · Dublin 14 · Muslim | 1.3 km | 414 |
+39.9%
|
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
- Aoife Ní Scolaí
- Phone
- 0858036710
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóthar Chnoc Ainbhil, Cnoc Muirfeann, Baile Átha Cliath 14, D14 RF67
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Goatstown–Stillorgan–DLR
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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 130 | 72 | 58 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 105 | 57 | 48 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 10 | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 72 | 38 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 11 | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |