Holy Cross N S
Dublin 14 · Roll number 19904C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 260
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +12%
- Up 27 from 233 in 2015/16
- 9 classes in 2015/16, 11 now; average class 25.9 → 23.6
- Over 20 years: +11% from 235 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 114 / 146
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
260 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 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 28.0 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 31.5 |
| 1st Class | 56 | 50 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 36.3 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 54 | 50 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 36.2 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 29 | 57 | 51 | 25 | 28 | 36.5 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 28 | 29 | 55 | 50 | 25 | 35.3 |
| 5th Class | 56 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 55 | 52 | 41.3 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 51 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 51 | 35.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 291st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2020/21
- 29Senior Infants2021/22
- 291st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 502nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
56 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 561st Class2020/21
- 542nd Class2021/22
- 573rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 555th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
56 in 5th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils fewer.
- 565th Class2020/21
- 516th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +283rd Class in 2022/23 (29 to 57)
- −285th Class in 2021/22 (56 to 28)
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 Holy Cross 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
16.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers102.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.1
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers and 8 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 Holy Cross N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross N SThis school | – | 260 |
+11.6%
|
|
| 1 | Taney N S0.2 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 384 |
−12.3%
|
| 2 | Ballinteer Educate Together National School0.7 km · Dublin 16 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 399 | – |
| 3 | Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School0.9 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 170 | – |
| 4 | Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige0.9 km · Bác 14 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 441 | – |
| 5 | ST Olaf's National School1.2 km · Dublin 16 | 1.2 km | 591 |
+30.5%
|
| 6 | St Attractas Senior N S1.2 km · Dublin 16 | 1.2 km | 371 |
+6.9%
|
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: 50 of 184 households answered (27%). The true figures are likely within 11.3 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: 11.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 56% | 4% | 0% |
| Goatstown–Stillorgan–DLR planning area · children at school | 56% | 18% | 13% |
| Goatstown–Stillorgan–DLR planning area · children not yet at school | 65% | 20% | 11% |
| 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
- John McGrath
- Phone
- 012985493
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilmacud Road Upper, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14 AD66
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
- 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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 260 | 114 | 146 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 52 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 270 | 124 | 146 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 50 | 55 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 276 | 131 | 145 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 51 | 55 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 279 | 130 | 149 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 50 | 57 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 298 | 144 | 154 | 29 | 29 | 50 | 54 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 300 | 154 | 146 | 29 | 49 | 56 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 56 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 301 | 144 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 284 | 137 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 266 | 132 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 234 | 102 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 233 | 100 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 237 | 103 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 211 | 99 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 190 | 88 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 195 | 85 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 194 | 80 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 188 | 78 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 226 | 97 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 233 | 103 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 248 | 108 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 235 | 97 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 224 | 94 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 246 | 103 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 242 | 108 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 244 | 113 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 244 | 110 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 224 | 108 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 246 | 120 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 259 | 118 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 271 | 116 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 276 | 122 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 283 | 126 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 291 | 137 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |