Bishop Galvin NS
Dublin 6w · Roll number 19494J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 461
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 14 from 475 in 2015/16
- 17 classes in 2015/16, 18 now; average class 27.9 → 25.3
- Over 20 years: +3% from 448 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 214 / 247
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
461 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 | 125 | 109 | 114 | 108 | 110 | 117 | 113.8 |
| 4th Class | 118 | 122 | 108 | 113 | 112 | 111 | 114.0 |
| 5th Class | 121 | 117 | 129 | 107 | 115 | 115 | 117.3 |
| 6th Class | 136 | 118 | 122 | 129 | 107 | 118 | 121.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
110 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 111 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1103rd Class2024/25
- 1114th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
108 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 115 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 1083rd Class2023/24
- 1124th Class2024/25
- 1155th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
114 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 118 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 1143rd Class2022/23
- 1134th Class2023/24
- 1155th Class2024/25
- 1186th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
109 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 107 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 1093rd Class2021/22
- 1084th Class2022/23
- 1075th Class2023/24
- 1076th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
125 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 129 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 1253rd Class2020/21
- 1224th Class2021/22
- 1295th Class2022/23
- 1296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
118 in 4th Class (2020/21), 122 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 1184th Class2020/21
- 1175th Class2021/22
- 1226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
121 in 5th Class (2020/21), 118 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 1215th Class2020/21
- 1186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +125th Class in 2022/23 (117 to 129)
- −225th Class in 2023/24 (129 to 107)
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 Bishop Galvin NS, 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
26.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers165 hours of support teaching a week 6.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
13 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 13 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 Bishop Galvin NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Galvin NSThis school | – | 461 |
−2.9%
|
|
| 1 | Bishop Shanahan NS0.0 km · Dublin 6W | 0.0 km | 437 |
−8.0%
|
| 2 | Riverview Educate Together National School1.0 km · Dublin 12 · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 242 | – |
| 3 | St Pius X N S Boys1.0 km · Dublin 6 · Boys | 1.0 km | 511 |
−3.4%
|
| 4 | St Pius X G N S1.1 km · Dublin 6W · Girls | 1.1 km | 540 |
+3.1%
|
| 5 | Rathfarnham Parish N S1.1 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 6 | Holy Spirit Junior Primary School1.4 km · Dublin 12 · DEIS | 1.4 km | 270 |
−14.8%
|
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: 178 of 379 households answered (47%). The true figures are likely within 6.1 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: 6.1 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 55% | 12% | 1% |
| Dublin–6w planning area · children at school | 62% | 20% | 9% |
| Dublin–6w planning area · children not yet at school | 68% | 32% | 7% |
| 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
- Kathryn Corbett
- Phone
- 014566652
- [email protected]
- Address
- Orwell Park, Templeogue, Dublin 6w, D6W Y791
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Dublin–6w
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 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 461 | 214 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 111 | 115 | 118 |
| 2024/25 | 450 | 204 | 246 | – | – | – | – | 110 | 112 | 115 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 463 | 209 | 254 | – | – | – | – | 108 | 113 | 107 | 129 |
| 2022/23 | 473 | 220 | 253 | – | – | – | – | 114 | 108 | 129 | 122 |
| 2021/22 | 466 | 224 | 242 | – | – | – | – | 109 | 122 | 117 | 118 |
| 2020/21 | 500 | 246 | 254 | – | – | – | – | 125 | 118 | 121 | 136 |
| 2019/20 | 486 | 243 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 494 | 242 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 486 | 231 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 475 | 225 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 475 | 219 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 471 | 211 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 477 | 218 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 444 | 198 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 430 | 183 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 424 | 180 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 420 | 156 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 430 | 170 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 431 | 171 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 438 | 171 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 448 | 170 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 445 | 162 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 459 | 170 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 467 | 172 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 455 | 168 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 474 | 196 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 487 | 214 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 473 | 223 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 482 | 238 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 474 | 237 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 475 | 217 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 541 | 238 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 575 | 249 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 403 | 159 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 367 | 152 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 323 | 122 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 400 | 146 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 482 | 192 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 650 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 555 | 235 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 454 | 183 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |