Knocknacarra Educate Together NS
Knocknacarra · Roll number 20410H
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 207
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +314%
- Up 157 from 50 in 2015/16. Opened in 2014/15, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 88 / 119
- 43% girls
Pupils since 2014
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
207 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 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25.3 |
| Senior Infants | 28 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24.8 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 26.3 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26.2 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27.3 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26.7 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 6th Class | – | 29 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 27.2 |
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
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 23Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 26Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 28Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +42nd Class in 2021/22 (24 to 28)
- −45th Class in 2021/22 (29 to 25)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2014/15 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, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Knocknacarra Educate Together NS, 2014/15 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.16 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2014/15
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 Knocknacarra Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknacarra Educate Together NSThis school | – | 207 |
+314.0%
|
|
| 1 | Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School0.0 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 0.0 km | 112 |
+1,020.0%
|
| 2 | St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS1.5 km · Galway | 1.5 km | 400 |
−9.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Iosef1.8 km · Bearna · Some subjects through Irish · Gaeltacht | 1.8 km | 183 |
−4.7%
|
| 4 | S N Seamus Naofa2.0 km · Bearna · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 2.0 km | 221 |
−21.1%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh2.2 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 2.2 km | 643 |
+28.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Einde2.8 km · Galway | 2.8 km | 119 |
−15.0%
|
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
- Matthew Wallen
- Phone
- 091590627
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Coimín Mór, Cappagh Road, Knocknacarra, Co. Galway, H91 Y38E
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- 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
12 school years from 2014/15 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 207 | 88 | 119 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 94 | 111 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 209 | 94 | 115 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 93 | 121 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 215 | 90 | 125 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 188 | 86 | 102 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 29 | – |
| 2019/20 | 159 | 73 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 133 | 57 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 104 | 42 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 74 | 33 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 50 | 20 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 19 | 5 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |