School planning area

New Inn

2 primary schools and 144 pupils in 2025/26, in County Galway.

Pupils in 2025/26
144
+4 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−20.9%
182 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
2
−1 on 2024/25
Average class size
18.86
Average school size: 72.0

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

144

+4 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

2

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

72.0

107.7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

18.86

+4.53 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.

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 20 in 2025/26, +1 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

2 schools with figures for both years

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

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

Class sizes

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

Average class size
18.86
Mainstream classes
7
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 2 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
7
Down 1 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 15%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 13
Estimate: 7 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 3 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
11
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 0
0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in the New Inn planning area, and the special classes in the 2 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
2
In 1 of 2 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
2
In 1 school
Autism classes
2
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

In the New Inn planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 2
  • 2023/24 2
  • 2024/25 2
  • 2025/26 2
  • 2026/27 2

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

2 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil BhrideBeal Atha Na Sluaigh 17934B 106
−5.4%
5 18.80 24 0
S N Iomair NaofaAthenry 17529P 38
−17.4%
2 19.00 19 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
Attymon N SAthenry 16121B 2024/25 2