Gort National School
Gort · Roll number 20465J
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 197
- −17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +3%
- Up 6 from 191 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 86 / 111
- 44% 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
197 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 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 22.0 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 24.2 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 23.8 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25.8 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 27.2 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 21 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 27.2 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 25.8 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 28.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
21 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
27 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): 10 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 344th Class2022/23
- 345th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +134th Class in 2022/23 (21 to 34)
- −95th Class in 2024/25 (34 to 25)
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 Gort 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
17.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers177.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.1
3.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.9 special education teachers and 3.5 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. 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 Gort National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gort National SchoolThis school | – | 197 |
+3.1%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil na bhFili0.9 km · Gort Inse Guaire · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 41 |
−41.4%
|
| 2 | S N Cill Fheicin2.9 km · Gort | 2.9 km | 69 |
+11.3%
|
| 3 | S N Cill Tartain3.8 km · Gort Inse Guaire | 3.8 km | 117 |
+27.2%
|
| 4 | Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh3.9 km · Gort | 3.9 km | 109 |
+43.4%
|
| 5 | St Columba's National School5.0 km · Gort | 5.0 km | 44 | – |
| 6 | S N Aine Naofa5.8 km · Gort | 5.8 km | 92 |
+33.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Marie Clune
- Phone
- 091631627
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tubber Road, Gort, Co Galway, H91 AD93
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- 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
- Gort
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 | 197 | 86 | 111 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 214 | 101 | 113 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 112 | 109 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 101 | 107 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 34 | 26 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 186 | 92 | 94 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 199 | 100 | 99 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 202 | 101 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 218 | 121 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 212 | 117 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 209 | 114 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 191 | 99 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |