S N Bride Naofa
Galway · Roll number 17782E
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 187
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 42 from 229 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 102
- 45% 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
187 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 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 23.0 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 15 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 22.2 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 24.0 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 25 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 23.8 |
| 3rd Class | 18 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 24.0 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 24 | 23.3 |
| 5th Class | 25 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 23.8 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 26.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 241st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 15Senior Infants2021/22
- 271st Class2022/23
- 292nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 233rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 333rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
18 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 183rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): 10 pupils more.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 185th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
25 in 5th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 255th Class2020/21
- 256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Senior Infants in 2022/23 (15 to 30)
- −13Senior Infants in 2025/26 (30 to 17)
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 Bride Naofa, 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
24teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers275 hours of support teaching a week 11
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a mild general learning disability class 2
11.25 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 7 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.5 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13.25 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 Bride Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Bride NaofaThis school | – | 187 |
−18.3%
|
|
| 1 | S N Fhursa0.6 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 216 |
−13.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Croi Iosa0.6 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.6 km | 122 |
+22.0%
|
| 3 | Scoil Náisiúnta Róis0.7 km · Galway | 0.7 km | 297 |
−21.2%
|
| 4 | S N Iognaid0.7 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.7 km | 480 |
−17.1%
|
| 5 | S N Padraic Naofa1.1 km · Galway | 1.1 km | 214 |
−5.3%
|
| 6 | Niochlas N S1.1 km · Galway · DEIS | 1.1 km | 262 |
−18.4%
|
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
- Stephen Cunningham
- Phone
- 091682000
- [email protected]
- Address
- Shantalla Road, Galway, H91 VW59
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 | 187 | 85 | 102 | 25 | 17 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 204 | 91 | 113 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 99 | 123 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 219 | 96 | 123 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 178 | 80 | 98 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | 177 | 88 | 89 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 191 | 92 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 203 | 96 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 204 | 92 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 223 | 104 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 229 | 100 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 250 | 111 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 255 | 112 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 267 | 119 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 314 | 133 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 343 | 143 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 354 | 153 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 385 | 159 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 406 | 168 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 365 | 148 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 367 | 146 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 325 | 118 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 291 | 109 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 289 | 114 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 276 | 103 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 246 | 94 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 263 | 102 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 264 | 110 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 285 | 125 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 289 | 126 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 306 | 130 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 316 | 150 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 318 | 161 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 362 | 250 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 379 | 256 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 415 | 284 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 397 | 269 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 385 | 244 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 354 | 226 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 339 | 206 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |