Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.
Dublin 7 · Roll number 17367P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 352
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 76 from 428 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 15 now; average class 26.8 → 23.5
- Over 20 years: −21% from 444 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 352 / 0
- 100% 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
352 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 | 52 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 34 | 52 | 42.8 |
| Senior Infants | 55 | 53 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 28 | 42.8 |
| 1st Class | 55 | 51 | 52 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 46.8 |
| 2nd Class | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 40 | 42 | 47.8 |
| 3rd Class | 48 | 47 | 54 | 51 | 53 | 40 | 48.8 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 49 | 50.2 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 56 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 47 | 51.2 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 59 | 56 | 46 | 46 | 54 | 52.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
40 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 40 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 40Junior Infants2023/24
- 40Senior Infants2024/25
- 401st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 39Senior Infants2023/24
- 401st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
41 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 40 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 41Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 431st Class2023/24
- 402nd Class2024/25
- 403rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 494th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 55Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 512nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 475th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
55 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 551st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
50 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 502nd Class2020/21
- 473rd Class2021/22
- 484th Class2022/23
- 485th Class2023/24
- 466th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
48 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 483rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 455th Class2022/23
- 466th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 565th Class2021/22
- 566th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2025/26 (34 to 52)
- −132nd Class in 2024/25 (53 to 40)
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 Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S., 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
20.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.7 special education teachers and 6.66 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 Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S., measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.This school | – | 352 |
−17.8%
|
|
| 1 | S N Eoin Bosco Buach0.1 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 0.1 km | 290 |
−21.0%
|
| 2 | S N Eoin Bosco Nai Buac0.1 km · Dublin 7 · Boys | 0.1 km | 146 |
−40.9%
|
| 3 | North Dublin Muslim NS0.2 km · Dublin 7 · Muslim | 0.2 km | 391 |
+64.3%
|
| 4 | Dominican Convent Girls Senior School0.5 km · Dublin 7 · Girls · DEIS | 0.5 km | 148 |
−3.9%
|
| 5 | St Catherines Infant School0.6 km · Dublin 7 · DEIS | 0.6 km | 139 |
−35.3%
|
| 6 | Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.1.1 km · Dublin 7 · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 126 |
−5.3%
|
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: 140 of 305 households answered (46%). The true figures are likely within 6.9 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 48 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 6.9 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 51% | 15% | 31% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 52% | 29% | 23% |
| 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
- Renee Moran
- Phone
- 018380471
- [email protected]
- Address
- Navan Road, Dublin 7, D07 EH68
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not 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 | 352 | 352 | 0 | 52 | 28 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 49 | 47 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 353 | 353 | – | 34 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 374 | 374 | 0 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 53 | 51 | 54 | 48 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | 386 | 386 | – | 38 | 42 | 52 | 51 | 54 | 48 | 45 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | 406 | 406 | – | 41 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 56 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 425 | 425 | – | 52 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 54 | 59 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 435 | 435 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 423 | 423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 421 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 423 | 423 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 428 | 428 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 435 | 435 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 430 | 430 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 425 | 425 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 410 | 410 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 435 | 435 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 441 | 441 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 439 | 439 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 446 | 446 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 438 | 438 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 444 | 444 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 476 | 476 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 464 | 464 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 443 | 443 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 456 | 456 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 442 | 442 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 445 | 445 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 467 | 467 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 438 | 438 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 403 | 403 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 385 | 385 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 383 | 383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 380 | 380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 338 | 338 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 357 | 357 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 393 | 393 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 431 | 431 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 472 | 472 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 512 | 512 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 548 | 548 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 598 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 646 | 646 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |