S N Padraic Naofa
Galway · Roll number 17784I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 214
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 12 from 226 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 83 / 131
- 39% 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
214 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 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 38 | 21 | 21.7 |
| Senior Infants | 7 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 20.0 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 29 | 19.3 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 28 | 19.0 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 21.8 |
| 4th Class | 19 | 27 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 22.7 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 34 | 25 | 25.5 |
| 6th Class | 43 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 17 | 34 | 30.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 311st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
21 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 151st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 151st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 7Senior Infants2020/21
- 81st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 234th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 174th Class2022/23
- 155th Class2023/24
- 176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 325th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
19 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 194th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +195th Class in 2024/25 (15 to 34)
- −186th Class in 2024/25 (35 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 Padraic 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
20teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers200 hours of support teaching a week 8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.83 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. 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 Padraic Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Padraic NaofaThis school | – | 214 |
−5.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil an Linbh Iosa0.4 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.4 km | 236 |
+31.1%
|
| 2 | Parochial N S0.5 km · Galway · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 75 |
−13.8%
|
| 3 | S N Iognaid0.5 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 480 |
−17.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Croi Iosa0.5 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.5 km | 122 |
+22.0%
|
| 5 | Niochlas N S0.6 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.6 km | 262 |
−18.4%
|
| 6 | S N Fhursa0.8 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 216 |
−13.3%
|
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
- Marian Barrett
- Phone
- 091568707
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lombard Street, Galway, H91 K3C7
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- 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 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 | 214 | 83 | 131 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 231 | 82 | 149 | 38 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 183 | 57 | 126 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 170 | 45 | 125 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 165 | 36 | 129 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 177 | 24 | 153 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 30 | 43 |
| 2019/20 | 205 | 16 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 192 | 7 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 193 | – | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 204 | 0 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 226 | 0 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 232 | 0 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 239 | 0 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 243 | 0 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 284 | 0 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 295 | 0 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 314 | 0 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 319 | 0 | 319 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 321 | 0 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 300 | 0 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 299 | 0 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 284 | 0 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 270 | 0 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 255 | 0 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 252 | 0 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 276 | 0 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 296 | 0 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 345 | 0 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 373 | 0 | 373 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 405 | 0 | 405 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 452 | – | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 514 | – | 514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 583 | – | 583 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 690 | 0 | 690 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 682 | 0 | 682 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 704 | 0 | 704 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 697 | 0 | 697 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 645 | 0 | 645 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 605 | 0 | 605 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 620 | 0 | 620 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 641 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |