S N Caitriona Sois
Renmore · Roll number 19401W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 350
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 85 from 435 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 184 / 166
- 53% 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
350 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 | 95 | 85 | 83 | 75 | 87 | 86 | 85.2 |
| Senior Infants | 84 | 97 | 89 | 84 | 78 | 87 | 86.5 |
| 1st Class | 102 | 86 | 94 | 91 | 88 | 83 | 90.7 |
| 2nd Class | 90 | 101 | 83 | 89 | 94 | 94 | 91.8 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
87 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 87 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 87Junior Infants2024/25
- 87Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
75 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 83 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2023/24
- 78Senior Infants2024/25
- 831st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
83 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 94 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 83Junior Infants2022/23
- 84Senior Infants2023/24
- 881st Class2024/25
- 942nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
85 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 85 pupils fewer.
- 85Junior Infants2021/22
- 89Senior Infants2022/23
- 911st Class2023/24
- 942nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
95 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 95 pupils fewer.
- 95Junior Infants2020/21
- 97Senior Infants2021/22
- 941st Class2022/23
- 892nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
84 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 84 pupils fewer.
- 84Senior Infants2020/21
- 861st Class2021/22
- 832nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
102 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 102 pupils fewer.
- 1021st Class2020/21
- 1012nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +13Senior Infants in 2021/22 (84 to 97)
- −182nd Class in 2022/23 (101 to 83)
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 Caitriona Sois, 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
31.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes, a moderate general learning disability class and a hearing impairment class 4
6.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.7 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 8.32 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 Caitriona Sois, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Caitriona SoisThis school | – | 350 |
−19.5%
|
|
| 1 | SN Caitriona Sinsear0.0 km · Renmore · DEIS | 0.0 km | 365 |
−3.9%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Dara0.4 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.4 km | 419 |
−3.0%
|
| 3 | Radharc na Mara National School0.6 km · Mervue · DEIS | 0.6 km | 353 | – |
| 4 | Tirellan Heights N S2.3 km · Galway · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 2.3 km | 330 |
−26.7%
|
| 5 | Merlin Woods Primary School2.4 km · Galway | 2.4 km | 383 |
+24.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil an Linbh Iosa2.4 km · Galway · DEIS | 2.4 km | 236 |
+31.1%
|
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
- Caitríona Daly
- Phone
- 091771094
- [email protected]
- Address
- Renmore Avenue, Renmore, Co. Galway, H91 N5H6
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- 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
41 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 | 350 | 184 | 166 | 86 | 87 | 83 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 367 | 181 | 186 | 87 | 78 | 88 | 94 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 358 | 176 | 182 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 89 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 367 | 179 | 188 | 83 | 89 | 94 | 83 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 390 | 195 | 195 | 85 | 97 | 86 | 101 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 392 | 207 | 185 | 95 | 84 | 102 | 90 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 392 | 201 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 400 | 200 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 402 | 204 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 419 | 205 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 435 | 200 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 408 | 186 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 412 | 191 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 387 | 182 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 388 | 192 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 395 | 187 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 402 | 182 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 414 | 189 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 399 | 175 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 393 | 174 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 385 | 166 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 373 | 155 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 361 | 164 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 333 | 154 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 332 | 160 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 344 | 171 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 350 | 168 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 364 | 167 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 362 | 166 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 379 | 174 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 402 | 183 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 421 | 208 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 416 | 191 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 520 | 255 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 522 | 256 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 520 | 245 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 520 | 247 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 506 | 226 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 520 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 518 | 243 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 424 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |