S N Naomh Fhursa
Headford · Roll number 17118R
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 100
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −36%
- Down 55 from 155 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 52 / 48
- 52% 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
100 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 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 11.7 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 11.3 |
| 1st Class | 19 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 13.5 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 14.7 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 15.0 |
| 4th Class | 14 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 16.0 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 16.5 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 18.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
4 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 5 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 4Junior Infants2024/25
- 5Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
10 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 10 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 10Junior Infants2022/23
- 11Senior Infants2023/24
- 101st Class2024/25
- 102nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 9 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 9Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 93rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 103rd Class2023/24
- 104th Class2024/25
- 105th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
19 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 191st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 174th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 124th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
14 in 4th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 144th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 126th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +134th Class in 2022/23 (12 to 25)
- −13Junior Infants in 2024/25 (17 to 4)
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 S N Naomh Fhursa, 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
7.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.7 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 3.83 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 S N Naomh Fhursa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh FhursaThis school | – | 100 |
−35.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N Padraig Naofa2.4 km · Headford | 2.4 km | 18 |
+12.5%
|
| 2 | SN Naomh Proinnsias2.7 km · Headford | 2.7 km | 32 |
−52.9%
|
| 3 | Headford Primary School3.7 km · Galway | 3.7 km | 137 | – |
| 4 | Cloughanower N S4.8 km · Headford | 4.8 km | 66 |
−29.8%
|
| 5 | S N Caladh na Muc5.3 km · Rosscahill · DEIS | 5.3 km | 18 |
−69.0%
|
| 6 | Glencorrib N S5.5 km · Shrule | 5.5 km | 52 |
+126.1%
|
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
- Caitlin Ni Eanachain
- Phone
- 09335922
- [email protected]
- Address
- CLARAN, Headford, CO NA GAILLIMHE, H91 Y443
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 | 100 | 52 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 111 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 65 | 56 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 114 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | 124 | 70 | 54 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 135 | 78 | 57 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 136 | 74 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 146 | 69 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 151 | 67 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 145 | 62 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 155 | 68 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 161 | 66 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 152 | 61 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 149 | 62 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 143 | 59 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 142 | 61 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 135 | 64 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 116 | 58 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 114 | 54 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 102 | 47 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 92 | 43 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 38 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 86 | 42 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 82 | 39 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 69 | 33 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 68 | 30 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 73 | 34 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 60 | 29 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 65 | 29 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 64 | 30 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 58 | 26 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 62 | 27 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 76 | 33 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 100 | 55 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 94 | 47 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 95 | 49 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 90 | 50 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 99 | 52 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 100 | 51 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 93 | 41 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |