Bunscoil Naomh Chuana
Headford · Roll number 12782C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 208
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +11%
- Up 21 from 187 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 107 / 101
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
208 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 | 28 | 37 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 25.2 |
| Senior Infants | 30 | 30 | 36 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 27.3 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 19 | 27 | 27.8 |
| 2nd Class | 25 | 23 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 27.8 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 27.7 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 25.8 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 24 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 32 | 23.3 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 21.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
20 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 34 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 36Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 362nd Class2024/25
- 343rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 312nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 30Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 322nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
25 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 252nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 165th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +126th Class in 2024/25 (15 to 27)
- −17Junior Infants in 2022/23 (37 to 20)
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 Bunscoil Naomh Chuana, 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
14.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers87.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Bunscoil Naomh Chuana, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunscoil Naomh ChuanaThis school | – | 208 |
+11.2%
|
|
| 1 | Cloughanower N S3.5 km · Headford | 3.5 km | 66 |
−29.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Iosef4.0 km · Tuam | 4.0 km | 51 |
−17.7%
|
| 3 | Headford Primary School5.4 km · Galway | 5.4 km | 137 | – |
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Padraig5.8 km · Headford | 5.8 km | 60 |
−6.2%
|
| 5 | Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa6.0 km · Corrandulla | 6.0 km | 281 |
−1.7%
|
| 6 | S N Domhnach Padraig6.2 km · Caherlistrane | 6.2 km | 92 |
−26.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Sabrina Melvin
- Phone
- 091791542
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilcoona, Headford, Co. Galway, H91 FX95
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Headford
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
42 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 208 | 107 | 101 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 217 | 113 | 104 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 36 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 112 | 99 | 27 | 20 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 210 | 116 | 94 | 20 | 36 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 16 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 214 | 113 | 101 | 37 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 200 | 96 | 104 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 190 | 90 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 192 | 91 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 194 | 97 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 193 | 97 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 187 | 93 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 182 | 88 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 166 | 78 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 152 | 74 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 147 | 73 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 145 | 74 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 133 | 67 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 121 | 64 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 119 | 60 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 103 | 56 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 98 | 54 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 94 | 54 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 88 | 52 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 83 | 46 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 70 | 42 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 56 | 33 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 61 | 33 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 56 | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 56 | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 58 | 30 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 59 | 30 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 63 | 26 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 52 | 25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 83 | 39 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 76 | 34 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 71 | 32 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 70 | 32 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 62 | 25 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 64 | 23 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 52 | 19 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |