Niochlas N S
Galway · Roll number 16943U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 262
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 59 from 321 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 121 / 141
- 46% 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
262 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 | 40 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 26.8 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 26.3 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 24 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 31 | 28.8 |
| 2nd Class | 33 | 29 | 30 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 31.0 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 41 | 36 | 32.3 |
| 4th Class | 36 | 23 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 43 | 34.8 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 40 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 36.3 |
| 6th Class | 44 | 37 | 41 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 39.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 31 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 311st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 43 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 461st Class2022/23
- 432nd Class2023/24
- 413rd Class2024/25
- 434th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 5th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 365th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 405th Class2024/25
- 426th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
33 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 332nd Class2020/21
- 343rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 325th Class2022/23
- 326th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
36 in 4th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 364th Class2020/21
- 405th Class2021/22
- 416th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils more.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 376th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +221st Class in 2022/23 (24 to 46)
- −211st Class in 2023/24 (46 to 25)
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 Niochlas 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
31.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 31 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers305 hours of support teaching a week 12.2
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
18.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 12 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 20.58 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. 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 Niochlas N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niochlas N SThis school | – | 262 |
−18.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N Iognaid0.5 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 480 |
−17.1%
|
| 2 | S N Padraic Naofa0.6 km · Galway | 0.6 km | 214 |
−5.3%
|
| 3 | S N Fhursa0.6 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 216 |
−13.3%
|
| 4 | Scoil Croi Iosa0.8 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.8 km | 122 |
+22.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil an Linbh Iosa1.0 km · Galway · DEIS | 1.0 km | 236 |
+31.1%
|
| 6 | Parochial N S1.0 km · Galway · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 75 |
−13.8%
|
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
- Michael Gallagher
- Phone
- 091586173
- [email protected]
- Address
- Saint Dominick's Road, The Claddagh, Galway, H91 DX57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway City Council
- Planning area
- Galway City
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 | 262 | 121 | 141 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 36 | 43 | 36 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 271 | 115 | 156 | 19 | 30 | 21 | 29 | 41 | 32 | 40 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 272 | 120 | 152 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 43 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 285 | 121 | 164 | 23 | 24 | 46 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 262 | 122 | 140 | 21 | 38 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 40 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | 277 | 119 | 158 | 40 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 36 | 32 | 44 |
| 2019/20 | 288 | 117 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 310 | 129 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 309 | 128 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 291 | 123 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 321 | 133 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 304 | 135 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 312 | 143 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 354 | 169 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 341 | 163 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 323 | 154 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 350 | 162 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 364 | 171 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 320 | 144 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 251 | 104 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 190 | 79 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 183 | 81 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 196 | 83 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 195 | 82 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 180 | 75 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 157 | 64 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 150 | 63 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 163 | 73 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 169 | 70 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 168 | 66 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 175 | 67 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 185 | 77 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 215 | 88 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 276 | 101 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 261 | 103 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 228 | 101 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 216 | 98 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 201 | 88 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 202 | 95 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 199 | 92 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |