Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School
Dublin 7 · Roll number 16695E
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 120
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −22%
- Down 34 from 154 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 7 now; average class 19.2 → 15.4
- Over 20 years: −26% from 162 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 23 / 97
- 19% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
120 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 | – | – | 15 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 17.5 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | 18 | 18 | 18.0 |
| 2nd Class | 35 | 32 | 10 | – | 1 | 21 | 19.8 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 36 | 30 | 11 | – | 2 | 20.4 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 20.5 |
| 5th Class | 41 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 28.3 |
| 6th Class | 33 | 39 | 26 | 31 | 40 | 24 | 32.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 15Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
1 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 2 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12nd Class2024/25
- 23rd Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
10 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 114th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
32 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 322nd Class2021/22
- 303rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
35 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 352nd Class2020/21
- 363rd Class2021/22
- 354th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
41 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 415th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +202nd Class in 2025/26 (1 to 21)
- −222nd Class in 2022/23 (32 to 10)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School, 2006/07 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
14.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers107.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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 Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolThis school | – | 120 |
−22.1%
|
|
| 1 | Presentation Primary School0.4 km · Dublin 7 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 165 |
+3.1%
|
| 2 | Stanhope Street Primary School0.4 km · Dublin 7 · DEIS | 0.4 km | 384 |
+15.3%
|
| 3 | St Audoens NS0.7 km · Dublin 8 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 171 |
−9.0%
|
| 4 | Dublin 7 Educate Together NS0.7 km · Dublin 7 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 515 |
+16.3%
|
| 5 | Paradise Place ETNS0.8 km · Dublin 7 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.8 km | 239 |
+18.9%
|
| 6 | St Gabriels N S1.0 km · Dublin 7 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 168 |
+31.2%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 26 of 98 households answered (26%). The true figures are likely within 15.4 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 15.4 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 46% | 19% | 15% |
| Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area · children at school | 60% | 25% | 12% |
| Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area · children not yet at school | 64% | 30% | 10% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Ruth Coghlan
- Phone
- 018722167
- [email protected]
- Address
- North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, D07 P529
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- 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
- Cabra–Phibsboro–D7
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
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 120 | 23 | 97 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 129 | 12 | 117 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 1 | – | 11 | 24 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 145 | 11 | 134 | 16 | 15 | – | – | 11 | 28 | 38 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 8 | 141 | 15 | – | – | 10 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 156 | – | 156 | – | – | – | 32 | 36 | 23 | 26 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 158 | – | 158 | – | – | – | 35 | 23 | 26 | 41 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 150 | – | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 164 | – | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 164 | – | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 156 | 0 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 154 | 0 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 164 | 0 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 174 | 0 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 189 | 0 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 195 | 0 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 206 | 0 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 183 | 0 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 180 | 0 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 162 | 0 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 170 | 0 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 163 | 0 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 160 | 0 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 171 | 0 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 219 | 0 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 234 | 0 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 251 | – | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 251 | – | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 270 | – | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 275 | – | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 369 | 0 | 369 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 416 | 0 | 416 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 437 | 0 | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 484 | 0 | 484 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 528 | 0 | 528 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 527 | 0 | 527 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 537 | 0 | 537 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 554 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 518 | 0 | 518 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |