Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School
Knocknacarra · Roll number 20462D
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 112
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1,020%
- Up 102 from 10 in 2015/16. Opened in 2015/16, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 48 / 64
- 43% girls
Pupils since 2015
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
112 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 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14.2 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 16.0 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 17.3 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 15.8 |
| 3rd Class | 2 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 13.2 |
| 4th Class | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 11.2 |
| 5th Class | – | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 10.4 |
| 6th Class | – | – | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 8 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 8Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 16 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 161st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 15Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 221st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 163rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 181st Class2021/22
- 192nd Class2022/23
- 173rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 185th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 123rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 116th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 123rd Class2021/22
- 124th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 96th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
2 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 23rd Class2020/21
- 34th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 46th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
6 in 4th Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 64th Class2020/21
- 75th Class2021/22
- 86th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +103rd Class in 2021/22 (2 to 12)
- −9Senior Infants in 2023/24 (24 to 15)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2015/16 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, 2015/16 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School, 2015/16 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
6.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 7 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers45.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.8
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.9 special education teachers and 2.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2015/16
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 Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National SchoolThis school | – | 112 |
+1,020.0%
|
|
| 1 | Knocknacarra Educate Together NS0.0 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 0.0 km | 207 |
+314.0%
|
| 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
- Helen Sherry
- Phone
- 091867387
- [email protected]
- Address
- An Cimin Mor, Cappagh Road, Knocknacarra, H91 Y38E
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Galway and Roscommon ETB
- 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 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
11 school years from 2015/16 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 112 | 48 | 64 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 111 | 44 | 67 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 50 | 63 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 53 | 66 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 89 | 43 | 46 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 2020/21 | 66 | 30 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 55 | 26 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 38 | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 27 | 10 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |