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Gaelscoil na Mara

Domhnach Bat · Roll number 20530R

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  • Multi Denominational ethos
  • Not DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
  • All subjects through Irish
Pupils in 2025/26
123
+18 on 2024/25
Opened
2020/21
With 12 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
Girls and boys
48 / 75
39% girls
Teachers
about 8
5 class teachers and 1 special class teacher. Who they are

Pupils since 2020

Total enrolment each school year

Pupils by class

Published for each class from 2020/21.

This year, 2025/26

123 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants25
  • Senior Infants27
  • 1st Class27
  • 2nd Class19
  • 3rd Class15
  • 4th Class10
  • 5th Class0
  • 6th Class0

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 12 17 22 23 27 25 21.0
Senior Infants – 12 18 21 24 27 20.4
1st Class – – 12 17 21 27 19.2
2nd Class – – – 10 17 19 15.3
3rd Class – – – – 10 15 12.5
4th Class – – – – – 10 10.0
5th Class – – – – – 0 0.0
6th Class – – – – – 0 0.0

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.

  1. 122020/21
  2. 122021/22
  3. 122022/23
  4. 102023/24
  5. 102024/25
  6. 102025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +72nd Class in 2024/25 (10 to 17)
  • −2Junior Infants in 2025/26 (27 to 25)

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups, 2020/21 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, 2020/21 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at Gaelscoil na Mara, 2020/21 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

7.7teaching posts

Our estimate: about 8 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 teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
  • Special class teachersFor an autism class 1

2.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 4 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3.66 SNAs for next year.

Teachers since 2020/21

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 na Mara, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Gaelscoil na MaraThis school – 123 –
1 Donabate/Portrane Educate Together NS0.2 km · Donabate · Multi-denominational 0.2 km 414
−16.0%
2 St Patricks Boys National School0.8 km · Donabate · Boys 0.8 km 370
−3.4%
3 S N C Naomh Padraig0.8 km · Donabate · Girls 0.8 km 376
−12.1%
4 Corduff N S4.2 km · Lusk 4.2 km 83
−25.2%
5 John Paul II N S4.2 km · Malahide 4.2 km 663
−2.5%
6 Rush NS4.4 km · Rush 4.4 km 698
−6.6%
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About this school

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Contact

Principal
Orflaith Ní Mhaicín
Address
Baile Uisce, Domhnach Bat, K36 WT02

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
Fingal County Council
Planning area
Donabate

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

6 school years from 2020/21 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 123 48 75 25272719151000
2024/25 105 35 70 2724211710–––
2023/24 76 26 50 23211710––––
2022/23 53 18 35 221812–––––
2021/22 29 10 19 1712––––––
2020/21 12 6 6 12–––––––