S N Gort Sceiche

Hollymount · Roll number 18880J

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
75
No change on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+29%
Up 17 from 58 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
32 / 43
43% girls
Teachers
about 5
4 class teachers, 18.8 pupils per class. Who they are

Pupils since 1974

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

75 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants8
  • Senior Infants10
  • 1st Class2
  • 2nd Class9
  • 3rd Class8
  • 4th Class15
  • 5th Class13
  • 6th Class10

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 14 5 9 2 11 8 8.2
Senior Infants 11 14 5 9 2 10 8.5
1st Class 8 11 13 5 9 2 8.0
2nd Class 11 8 11 14 5 9 9.7
3rd Class 8 11 8 11 14 8 10.0
4th Class 13 8 11 8 13 15 11.3
5th Class 11 13 8 13 10 13 11.3
6th Class 11 11 13 8 11 10 10.7

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

14 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.

  1. 14Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 14Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 131st Class2022/23
  4. 142nd Class2023/24
  5. 143rd Class2024/25
  6. 154th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +9Junior Infants in 2024/25 (2 to 11)
  • −9Junior Infants in 2021/22 (14 to 5)

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 Gort Sceiche, 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

5.2teaching posts

Our estimate: about 5 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 teachers30 hours of support teaching a week 1.2

1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 Gort Sceiche, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Gort Sceiche
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Gort SceicheThis school – 75
+29.3%
1 Lehinch N S4.4 km · Claremorris · DEIS 4.4 km 8
−33.3%
2 St Brendans N S5.0 km · Tuam 5.0 km 39
−36.1%
3 Scoil Chomain Naofa5.2 km · Hollymount 5.2 km 82
−21.2%
4 Ballindine B N S6.6 km · Claremorris 6.6 km 138
+14.0%
5 Kilconly N S7.3 km · Tuam 7.3 km 90
−21.7%
6 St Patricks Central NS8.2 km · Claremorris 8.2 km 117
+17.0%
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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
Padraig O Beirn
Address
Gortskehy, Hollymount, Co. Mayo, F12 TF38

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Tuam
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
Mayo County Council
Planning area
Ballinrobe

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

43 school years from 1974/75 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 75 32 43 810298151310
2024/25 75 31 44 1129514131011
2023/24 70 26 44 29514118138
2022/23 78 30 48 951311811813
2021/22 81 30 51 5141181181311
2020/21 87 39 48 14118118131111
2019/20 80 35 45 ––––––––
2018/19 70 32 38 ––––––––
2017/18 67 32 35 ––––––––
2016/17 62 30 32 ––––––––
2015/16 58 31 27 ––––––––
2014/15 43 23 20 ––––––––
2013/14 26 16 10 ––––––––
2012/13 24 13 11 ––––––––
2011/12 21 12 9 ––––––––
2010/11 23 12 11 ––––––––
2009/10 25 11 14 ––––––––
2008/09 21 9 12 ––––––––
2007/08 23 11 12 ––––––––
2006/07 21 11 10 ––––––––
2005/06 22 13 9 ––––––––
2004/05 20 13 7 ––––––––
2003/04 25 14 11 ––––––––
2002/03 25 13 12 ––––––––
2001/02 25 13 12 ––––––––
2000/01 32 17 15 ––––––––
1999/00 30 17 13 ––––––––
1998/99 29 17 12 ––––––––
1997/98 33 20 13 ––––––––
1996/97 34 19 15 ––––––––
1995/96 34 15 19 ––––––––
1994/95 36 19 17 ––––––––
1993/94 41 20 21 ––––––––
1983/84 47 24 23 ––––––––
1982/83 46 22 24 ––––––––
1981/82 48 22 26 ––––––––
1980/81 43 20 23 ––––––––
1979/80 41 19 22 ––––––––
1978/79 47 20 27 ––––––––
1977/78 49 20 29 ––––––––
1976/77 57 22 35 ––––––––
1975/76 54 – – ––––––––
1974/75 53 17 36 ––––––––