SCOIL BHRIDE
School Details
About
Scoil Bhríde is a co‑educational Catholic junior school serving children from Junior Infants to Second Class in the parish of Holy Trinity, Donaghmede. The school provides a child‑centred, inclusive education that nurtures the spiritual, intellectual, creative, physical, social and emotional development of each pupil. While rooted in a Catholic ethos, Scoil Bhríde welcomes children of all faiths and backgrounds and promotes respect, tolerance and a love of learning. The campus accommodates over 400 pupils across 16 mainstream classrooms, two dedicated ASD classes and a team of support teachers. Facilities include a purpose‑built PE and games room, a well‑stocked library, interactive whiteboards and laptops in every classroom, and a developing digital learning plan that will introduce iPads for enhanced learning. A broad extra‑curricular programme offers yoga, drama, dance, Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, Irish dancing and a choir for Second Class children. The school’s commitment to sustainability and wellbeing is recognised through multiple Green School and Active School flags.
History
Scoil Bhríde opened its doors in September 1974 as one of two junior schools in the Holy Trinity parish, initially accommodating Junior Infants to 6th Class in a single building. Early classrooms were housed in what later became the staff room and secretary’s office. Following the construction of Holy Trinity, the school expanded into the 1st and 2nd Class corridor, reaching a total of 16 classrooms and sharing a front‑of‑building PE hall that also served as a church until its demolition in the late 1980s. After periods of significant growth, a demographic slump in the mid‑1990s, and a recent resurgence, the school now educates over 400 pupils with mainstream, ASD and support provisions.