Newtown NS
Tuam · Roll number 20280U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 172
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +47%
- Up 55 from 117 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 96 / 76
- 56% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
172 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 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 19.2 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 19.5 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 20.8 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21.3 |
| 3rd Class | 18 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21.7 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 23.0 |
| 5th Class | 25 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 22 | 23.3 |
| 6th Class | 13 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 22.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
13 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 17 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2022/23
- 13Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 173rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
18 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 183rd Class2020/21
- 184th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
25 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 255th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Senior Infants in 2025/26 (12 to 24)
- −11Senior Infants in 2023/24 (24 to 13)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Newtown NS, 2007/08 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
9.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers45 hours of support teaching a week 1.8
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.8 special education teachers and 2 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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 Newtown NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown NSThis school | – | 172 |
+47.0%
|
|
| 1 | Barnaderg Central SCH4.7 km · Tuam | 4.7 km | 77 |
−33.0%
|
| 2 | S N Cathair Geal5.0 km · Tuam | 5.0 km | 124 |
+42.5%
|
| 3 | Brierfield N School5.2 km · Tuam | 5.2 km | 80 |
−23.1%
|
| 4 | Crumlin N S6.2 km · Ballyglunin | 6.2 km | 95 |
−23.4%
|
| 5 | Ballinderry N S6.3 km · Tuam | 6.3 km | 191 |
+7.3%
|
| 6 | Annagh Hill NS6.7 km · Tuam | 6.7 km | 105 |
+11.7%
|
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
- Patrick O'Donovan
- Phone
- 09343722
- [email protected]
- Address
- Newtown, Abbeyknockmoy, Tuam, Co. Galway, H54 P489
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 172 | 96 | 76 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 89 | 82 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 158 | 84 | 74 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | 89 | 83 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 180 | 93 | 87 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 172 | 90 | 82 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 13 |
| 2019/20 | 164 | 89 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 155 | 83 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 135 | 75 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 127 | 67 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 117 | 53 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 105 | 46 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 89 | 39 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 85 | 34 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 84 | 33 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 72 | 32 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 81 | 35 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 76 | 34 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 85 | 44 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |