Scoil Mhuire na Dea Comhairle
Headford · Roll number 17647V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2023/24
- 103
- +8 on 2022/23
- Girls and boys
- 61 / 42
- 59% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
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, 2023/24
103 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 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 22 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 17.2 |
| Senior Infants | 8 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 15.2 |
| 1st Class | 9 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 13.5 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 15.0 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 4th Class | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8.2 |
| 5th Class | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in Senior Infants (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
9 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 1st Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 2nd Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 3rd Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 8Senior Infants2020/21
- 81st Class2021/22
- 92nd Class2022/23
- 63rd Class2023/24
In 1st Class in 2020/21
9 in 1st Class (2020/21), 6 in 4th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 91st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 63rd Class2022/23
- 64th Class2023/24
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 8 in 5th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils fewer.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 83rd Class2021/22
- 84th Class2022/23
- 85th Class2023/24
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 64th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 66th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
13 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 134th Class2020/21
- 125th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
7 in 5th Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 75th Class2020/21
- 76th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +151st Class in 2022/23 (8 to 23)
- −13Junior Infants in 2021/22 (22 to 9)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2023/24.
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 2023/24. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2023/24
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Mhuire na Dea Comhairle, 2006/07 to 2023/24.
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 2023/24
5.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- 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
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
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).
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
- Mary Bernadette McNelis
- Phone
- 09335377
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Road, Headford, Co. Galway, H91 FD71
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All-Through School
- 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 2023/24, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
39 school years from 1975/76 to 2023/24. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 103 | 61 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 95 | 61 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 82 | 56 | 26 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 87 | 54 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 77 | 56 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 74 | 55 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 83 | 60 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 94 | 63 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 105 | 69 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 103 | 61 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 102 | 63 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 99 | 64 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 107 | 72 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 115 | 81 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 125 | 83 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 78 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 117 | 76 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 124 | 80 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 116 | 75 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 118 | 77 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 116 | 73 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 123 | 85 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 128 | 90 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 123 | 85 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 105 | 73 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 97 | 64 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 98 | 68 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 88 | 64 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 82 | 57 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 81 | 56 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 75 | 55 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 125 | 88 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 133 | 93 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 139 | 101 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 151 | 113 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 135 | 101 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 134 | 99 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |