S N Cillinin

Galway · Roll number 18268S

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
195
−3 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−17%
Down 39 from 234 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
89 / 106
46% girls
Teachers
about 12
8 class teachers, 24.4 pupils per class. Who they are

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

195 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants19
  • Senior Infants24
  • 1st Class27
  • 2nd Class21
  • 3rd Class25
  • 4th Class31
  • 5th Class21
  • 6th Class27

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 26 26 22 27 23 19 23.8
Senior Infants 24 29 26 23 27 24 25.5
1st Class 25 22 28 26 21 27 24.8
2nd Class 21 26 23 30 25 21 24.3
3rd Class 27 22 26 23 30 25 25.5
4th Class 31 26 24 26 22 31 26.7
5th Class 27 30 27 23 27 21 25.8
6th Class 31 29 29 28 23 27 27.8

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.

  1. 26Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 29Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 281st Class2022/23
  4. 302nd Class2023/24
  5. 303rd Class2024/25
  6. 314th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +94th Class in 2025/26 (22 to 31)
  • −65th Class in 2025/26 (27 to 21)

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.

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Class sizes over time

Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at S N Cillinin, 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

11.8teaching posts

Our estimate: about 12 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8

4.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27: a new special class opens

The NCSE has allocated 2.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.41 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 Cillinin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Cillinin
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N CillininThis school – 195
−16.7%
1 Kilcolgan Educate Together NS3.7 km · Clarinbridge · Multi-denominational 3.7 km 195
−7.1%
2 S N na Fuar Coilleadh4.2 km · Craughwell 4.2 km 100
+2.0%
3 S N Creachmhaoil4.2 km · Craughwell 4.2 km 318
−6.7%
4 Scoil Mhuire4.7 km · Clarinbridge 4.7 km 256
+2.8%
5 S N Cronain5.3 km · Kilcolgan 5.3 km 59
−27.2%
6 S N Mhuire6.7 km · Ardrahan 6.7 km 58
−31.8%
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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
SIOBHÁN GOHERY
Address
Killeeneen, Craughwell, Galway, H91 E293

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
School type
Ordinary
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
Athenry

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

41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 195 89 106 1924272125312127
2024/25 198 91 107 2327212530222723
2023/24 206 96 110 2723263023262328
2022/23 205 91 114 2226282326242729
2021/22 210 94 116 2629222622263029
2020/21 212 102 110 2624252127312731
2019/20 229 112 117 ––––––––
2018/19 227 104 123 ––––––––
2017/18 234 107 127 ––––––––
2016/17 235 106 129 ––––––––
2015/16 234 107 127 ––––––––
2014/15 230 110 120 ––––––––
2013/14 241 112 129 ––––––––
2012/13 225 102 123 ––––––––
2011/12 224 94 130 ––––––––
2010/11 215 95 120 ––––––––
2009/10 208 89 119 ––––––––
2008/09 211 90 121 ––––––––
2007/08 203 92 111 ––––––––
2006/07 185 79 106 ––––––––
2005/06 154 65 89 ––––––––
2004/05 146 69 77 ––––––––
2003/04 151 69 82 ––––––––
2002/03 134 58 76 ––––––––
2001/02 131 55 76 ––––––––
2000/01 124 52 72 ––––––––
1999/00 117 51 66 ––––––––
1998/99 109 49 60 ––––––––
1997/98 115 49 66 ––––––––
1996/97 106 44 62 ––––––––
1995/96 98 36 62 ––––––––
1994/95 105 44 61 ––––––––
1993/94 113 45 68 ––––––––
1983/84 77 26 51 ––––––––
1982/83 82 29 53 ––––––––
1981/82 82 26 56 ––––––––
1980/81 64 27 37 ––––––––
1979/80 63 23 40 ––––––––
1978/79 71 – – ––––––––
1976/77 81 40 41 ––––––––
1975/76 78 – – ––––––––