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Planning area in Galway

Headford

Schools in County Galway in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 5 schools in Mayo. See the whole planning area

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Schools
7
of 217 in Galway
Pupils
681
2% of Galway's pupils
Since 2015/16
−12.7%
780 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
97.3
Galway: 135.5
Average class size
20.75
Galway: 21.46

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Galway, schools with no planning area had 4.9% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.0% in 2005/06 and 34.0% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

681

−34 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

7

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

97.3

68.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.75

−0.46 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 71 in 2025/26, +9 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

6 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

3fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 0

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 137 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
20.75
Mainstream classes
32
Classes of 30 or more
5
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
32
Up 5 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 18%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 49
Estimate: 32 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 13 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
46
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 1
0 schools gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Headford, and the special classes in the 7 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
0
No special school here
Special classes in 2025/26
3
In 2 of 7 schools. 2 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
4
In 2 schools: 1 new class
Autism classes
3
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

In Headford's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2021/22 2
  • 2022/23 2
  • 2023/24 2
  • 2024/25 3
  • 2025/26 3
  • 2026/27 4

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

7 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Bunscoil Naomh ChuanaHeadford 12782C 208
+11.2%
8 24.50 32 3
Headford Primary SchoolGalway 20583P 137 – 6 22.83 34 1
S N Naomh FhursaHeadford 17118R 100
−35.5%
5 19.00 27 0
S N Domhnach PadraigCaherlistrane 17207Q 92
−26.4%
4 23.00 32 1
Cloughanower N SHeadford 14448A 66
−29.8%
4 16.50 21 0
Scoil Naomh PadraigHeadford 14278B 60
−6.2%
3 20.00 23 0
S N Padraig NaofaHeadford 17793J 18
+12.5%
2 9.00 10 0

Closed schools counted here

These schools closed after the Department started recording planning areas in 2023/24, so their earlier pupils are included in the trends above.

School Roll number Last year Pupils that year
S N Breandain NaofaHeadford 17648A 2023/24 31
Scoil Mhuire na Dea ComhairleHeadford 17647V 2023/24 103