S N Iognaid
Gaillimh · Roll number 19371Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 480
- −19 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 99 from 579 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 222 / 258
- 46% 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
480 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 | 56 | 49 | 69 | 54 | 71 | 58 | 59.5 |
| Senior Infants | 60 | 57 | 48 | 67 | 53 | 72 | 59.5 |
| 1st Class | 62 | 62 | 56 | 50 | 67 | 54 | 58.5 |
| 2nd Class | 71 | 61 | 62 | 55 | 53 | 67 | 61.5 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 73 | 59 | 64 | 55 | 52 | 59.5 |
| 4th Class | 80 | 54 | 73 | 60 | 64 | 53 | 64.0 |
| 5th Class | 60 | 80 | 55 | 76 | 61 | 63 | 65.8 |
| 6th Class | 66 | 60 | 80 | 56 | 75 | 61 | 66.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
71 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 72 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 71Junior Infants2024/25
- 72Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
54 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 54 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 54Junior Infants2023/24
- 53Senior Infants2024/25
- 541st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
69 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 67 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 69Junior Infants2022/23
- 67Senior Infants2023/24
- 671st Class2024/25
- 672nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 52 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 501st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 523rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2020/21
- 57Senior Infants2021/22
- 561st Class2022/23
- 552nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 534th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 63 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 60Senior Infants2020/21
- 621st Class2021/22
- 622nd Class2022/23
- 643rd Class2023/24
- 644th Class2024/25
- 635th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
62 in 1st Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 621st Class2020/21
- 612nd Class2021/22
- 593rd Class2022/23
- 604th Class2023/24
- 615th Class2024/25
- 616th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
71 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 712nd Class2020/21
- 733rd Class2021/22
- 734th Class2022/23
- 765th Class2023/24
- 756th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 544th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 566th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
80 in 4th Class (2020/21), 80 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 804th Class2020/21
- 805th Class2021/22
- 806th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
60 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 605th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +215th Class in 2023/24 (55 to 76)
- −264th Class in 2021/22 (80 to 54)
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 Iognaid, 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
28.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 29 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers and 4 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 Iognaid, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N IognaidThis school | – | 480 |
−17.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Fhursa0.3 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.3 km | 216 |
−13.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Croi Iosa0.4 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.4 km | 122 |
+22.0%
|
| 3 | Niochlas N S0.5 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.5 km | 262 |
−18.4%
|
| 4 | S N Padraic Naofa0.5 km · Galway | 0.5 km | 214 |
−5.3%
|
| 5 | S N Bride Naofa0.7 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.7 km | 187 |
−18.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil an Linbh Iosa0.8 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.8 km | 236 |
+31.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Louise Breathnach
- Phone
- 091584491
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóithrín na Sliogán, Gaillimh, H91 E364
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All 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 | 480 | 222 | 258 | 58 | 72 | 54 | 67 | 52 | 53 | 63 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 499 | 229 | 270 | 71 | 53 | 67 | 53 | 55 | 64 | 61 | 75 |
| 2023/24 | 482 | 220 | 262 | 54 | 67 | 50 | 55 | 64 | 60 | 76 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 502 | 228 | 274 | 69 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 59 | 73 | 55 | 80 |
| 2021/22 | 496 | 223 | 273 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 61 | 73 | 54 | 80 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 509 | 219 | 290 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 71 | 54 | 80 | 60 | 66 |
| 2019/20 | 539 | 233 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 546 | 231 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 549 | 234 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 573 | 239 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 579 | 243 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 571 | 239 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 571 | 237 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 567 | 238 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 550 | 233 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 531 | 233 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 528 | 231 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 516 | 222 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 509 | 221 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 520 | 230 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 510 | 226 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 521 | 235 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 518 | 232 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 519 | 229 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 514 | 231 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 511 | 230 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 511 | 230 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 521 | 233 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 526 | 230 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 500 | 219 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 504 | 218 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 524 | 232 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 540 | 231 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 387 | 15 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 307 | 0 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 314 | 0 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 288 | 0 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 274 | 0 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 228 | 0 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 207 | 0 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |