Virgin Mary Girls National School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

What DEIS means here

DEIS Urban Band 1. This is the most intensively supported band. Junior classes are capped at 17:1, vertical schools at 19:1 and senior schools at 21:1 — smaller than almost any non-DEIS school in the country.

17:1 junior class size cap. Urban Band 1 primary schools have the lowest pupil-teacher ratio in Ireland: 17:1 in junior classes (infants to 2nd), 19:1 in vertical schools, and 21:1 in senior schools. That is smaller than almost any fee-paying school in the State.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

What DEIS is, band by band, HEAR college entry, and whether it says anything about how good a school is →

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Whitehall / Santry D9. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district D09 (Dublin 9) was €492,000 in 2025. That is up 24.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ballymun C at -15.85 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 20% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Whitehall / Santry D9

• Bantiarna Na Mbuanna Boys Primary school, Dublin
• Bantiarna Na Mbuanna Girls Primary school, Dublin
• Clonturk College Secondary school, Dublin
• Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna Primary school, Dublin
• Holy Child National School Primary school, Dublin
• North Dublin Ns Project Primary school, Dublin
• Our Lady Of Victories Infant N S Primary school, Dublin
• S N Na Maighdine Muire B Primary school, Dublin
• Scoil An Leinbh Iosa Boys Seniors Primary school, Dublin
• Scoil Na Croi Naofa Primary school, Dublin
• St Ciarans Spec Sch Special school, DUBLIN 11
• St Kevins College Secondary school, Dublin