S N Seamus Naofa
Bearna · Roll number 19803T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 221
- −22 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 59 from 280 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 103 / 118
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
221 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 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 25.7 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 28.0 |
| 1st Class | 32 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 28.5 |
| 2nd Class | 34 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 28.8 |
| 3rd Class | 32 | 35 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 30.3 |
| 4th Class | 34 | 28 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 23 | 30.3 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 34 | 29 | 41 | 31 | 29 | 32.5 |
| 6th Class | 46 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 42 | 32 | 35.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 31 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 311st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 321st Class2023/24
- 312nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 311st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
32 in 1st Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 321st Class2020/21
- 312nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 324th Class2023/24
- 315th Class2024/25
- 326th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
34 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 342nd Class2020/21
- 353rd Class2021/22
- 354th Class2022/23
- 415th Class2023/24
- 426th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
32 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 323rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
34 in 4th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 344th Class2020/21
- 345th Class2021/22
- 346th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Junior Infants in 2023/24 (17 to 31)
- −156th Class in 2021/22 (46 to 31)
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 Seamus Naofa, 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
14.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers82.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.3
3.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers and 3.75 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 Seamus Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Seamus NaofaThis school | – | 221 |
−21.1%
|
|
| 1 | Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School2.0 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 2.0 km | 112 |
+1,020.0%
|
| 2 | Knocknacarra Educate Together NS2.0 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 2.0 km | 207 |
+314.0%
|
| 3 | St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS3.3 km · Galway | 3.3 km | 400 |
−9.9%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Iosef3.4 km · Bearna · Some subjects through Irish · Gaeltacht | 3.4 km | 183 |
−4.7%
|
| 5 | S N na bhForbacha3.9 km · Co.na Gaillimhe · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 3.9 km | 229 |
+27.2%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh4.1 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 4.1 km | 643 |
+28.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Máire de Báicéir
- Phone
- 091592575
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bearna, Co. na Gaillimhe, H91 X2X8
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
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway County 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
34 school years from 1983/84 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 221 | 103 | 118 | 23 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 243 | 115 | 128 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 247 | 120 | 127 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 229 | 109 | 120 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | 241 | 113 | 128 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 259 | 128 | 131 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 266 | 130 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 292 | 147 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 293 | 146 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 285 | 144 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 280 | 141 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 276 | 142 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 271 | 139 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 258 | 130 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 268 | 136 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 258 | 127 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 275 | 134 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 282 | 131 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 281 | 133 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 282 | 135 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 293 | 140 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 294 | 143 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 280 | 139 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 266 | 131 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 262 | 128 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 246 | 124 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 248 | 120 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 260 | 118 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 263 | 123 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 244 | 109 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 234 | 98 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 231 | 97 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 232 | 97 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 254 | 121 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |