St Columbas N.S.
Inishturk · Roll number 13174H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- On an island
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 3
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 3 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 3 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1974
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
3 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 1.0 |
| Senior Infants | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 1.0 |
| 1st Class | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 4th Class | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0.5 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 1 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 1Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 12nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
1 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 1 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2021/22
- 2Senior Infants2022/23
- 11st Class2023/24
- 12nd Class2024/25
- 13rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 2Junior Infants2020/21
- 1Senior Infants2021/22
- 11st Class2022/23
- 12nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 14th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1Senior Infants2020/21
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
1 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 11st Class2020/21
- 06th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 14th Class2021/22
- 15th Class2022/23
- 16th Class2023/24
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +1Senior Infants in 2022/23 (1 to 2)
- −1Junior Infants in 2021/22 (2 to 1)
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 St Columbas N.S., 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
1.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 1 teacher.
- Class teachersOne mainstream class, with every standard together 1
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers5 hours of support teaching a week 0.2
0 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.2 special education teachers and 0 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 St Columbas N.S., measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Columbas N.S.This school | – | 3 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | Inishbofin N S12.0 km · Inishbofin · DEIS · Island | 12.0 km | 15 |
+36.4%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Brid12.1 km · Renvyle | 12.1 km | 25 |
−35.9%
|
| 3 | St Patricks NS12.6 km · Westport · Island | 12.6 km | 11 |
−45.0%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Padraig14.5 km · Renvyle · DEIS | 14.5 km | 28 |
−20.0%
|
| 5 | S N Teaghlaigh Naofa14.8 km · Louisburgh Co Mayo · DEIS | 14.8 km | 67 |
+6.3%
|
| 6 | S N na Naomh Uile16.0 km · Cleggan · DEIS | 16.0 km | 15 |
0.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Anne McLoughlin
- Phone
- 0877792096
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyvaum, Inishturk, Co. Mayo, H91 YNP3
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- On an island
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Planning area
- Louisburgh
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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 7 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 10 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 11 | 4 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 9 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 10 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 13 | 4 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 14 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 10 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 11 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 11 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 14 | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 15 | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 16 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 17 | 10 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 18 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 16 | 5 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 12 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 12 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 10 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 12 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 10 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 16 | 5 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 12 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |