Barnaderg Central SCH

Tuam · Roll number 19275U

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
77
−7 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−33%
Down 38 from 115 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
40 / 37
52% girls
Teachers
about 6
4 class teachers, 19.2 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

77 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants5
  • Senior Infants13
  • 1st Class9
  • 2nd Class7
  • 3rd Class10
  • 4th Class13
  • 5th Class10
  • 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 15 9 7 8 13 5 9.5
Senior Infants 11 16 9 7 9 13 10.8
1st Class 10 11 15 10 7 9 10.3
2nd Class 11 10 11 14 10 7 10.5
3rd Class 8 10 10 11 14 10 10.5
4th Class 13 8 10 10 11 13 10.8
5th Class 14 13 8 10 10 10 10.8
6th Class 18 13 13 8 10 10 12.0

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.

  1. 15Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 16Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 151st Class2022/23
  4. 142nd Class2023/24
  5. 143rd Class2024/25
  6. 134th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +5Senior Infants in 2021/22 (11 to 16)
  • −8Junior Infants in 2025/26 (13 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 Barnaderg Central SCH, 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

6.3teaching 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 teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3

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

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers and 3.83 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. 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 Barnaderg Central SCH, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Barnaderg Central SCH
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Barnaderg Central SCHThis school – 77
−33.0%
1 S N Cathair Geal3.6 km · Tuam 3.6 km 124
+42.5%
2 Brierfield N School4.5 km · Tuam 4.5 km 80
−23.1%
3 Newtown NS4.7 km · Tuam · DEIS 4.7 km 172
+47.0%
4 S N an Leath Bhaile5.5 km · Tuam 5.5 km 69
−10.4%
5 Scoil Bride6.4 km · Ballinasloe 6.4 km 20
−37.5%
6 Ballinderry N S7.4 km · Tuam 7.4 km 191
+7.3%
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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
Ann-Marie Duggan
Address
Barnaderg, Tuam, H54 EW71

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
Galway County Council
Planning area
Tuam

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 77 40 37 5139710131010
2024/25 84 44 40 13971014111010
2023/24 78 41 37 8710141110108
2022/23 83 40 43 7915111010813
2021/22 90 45 45 91611101081313
2020/21 100 49 51 151110118131418
2019/20 100 48 52 ––––––––
2018/19 102 50 52 ––––––––
2017/18 114 56 58 ––––––––
2016/17 112 54 58 ––––––––
2015/16 115 56 59 ––––––––
2014/15 110 57 53 ––––––––
2013/14 113 56 57 ––––––––
2012/13 111 53 58 ––––––––
2011/12 105 49 56 ––––––––
2010/11 99 47 52 ––––––––
2009/10 85 38 47 ––––––––
2008/09 81 40 41 ––––––––
2007/08 87 47 40 ––––––––
2006/07 87 41 46 ––––––––
2005/06 86 41 45 ––––––––
2004/05 91 42 49 ––––––––
2003/04 95 46 49 ––––––––
2002/03 112 53 59 ––––––––
2001/02 118 60 58 ––––––––
2000/01 124 64 60 ––––––––
1999/00 135 70 65 ––––––––
1998/99 135 70 65 ––––––––
1997/98 150 82 68 ––––––––
1996/97 145 79 66 ––––––––
1995/96 162 84 78 ––––––––
1994/95 162 85 77 ––––––––
1993/94 166 86 80 ––––––––
1983/84 127 62 65 ––––––––
1982/83 116 57 59 ––––––––
1981/82 125 62 63 ––––––––
1980/81 128 64 64 ––––––––
1979/80 123 63 60 ––––––––
1978/79 118 – – ––––––––
1977/78 106 58 48 ––––––––
1976/77 92 51 41 ––––––––
1975/76 93 – – ––––––––