St Columba's National School
Gort · Roll number 20491K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 44
- +6 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2016/17
- With 26 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 25 / 19
- 57% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
44 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 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5.7 |
| Senior Infants | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 1st Class | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 2nd Class | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 3rd Class | – | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 4th Class | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5.0 |
| 5th Class | 5 | 5 | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 6th Class | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 2 | 4 | 3.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
3 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 3 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2023/24
- 3Senior Infants2024/25
- 31st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
4 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 4 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2022/23
- 4Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 42nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 5Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 52nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2020/21
- 8Senior Infants2021/22
- 81st Class2022/23
- 82nd Class2023/24
- 83rd Class2024/25
- 84th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
5 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 5Senior Infants2020/21
- 51st Class2021/22
- 52nd Class2022/23
- 53rd Class2023/24
- 64th Class2024/25
- 65th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
4 in 1st Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 41st Class2020/21
- 42nd Class2021/22
- 43rd Class2022/23
- 44th Class2023/24
- 45th Class2024/25
- 46th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
3 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 32nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 34th Class2022/23
- 25th Class2023/24
- 26th Class2024/25
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 55th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
5 in 5th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 55th Class2020/21
- 46th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +3Senior Infants in 2021/22 (5 to 8)
- −3Junior Infants in 2021/22 (8 to 5)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2016/17 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, 2016/17 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Columba's National School, 2016/17 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
2.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers20 hours of support teaching a week 0.8
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.9 special education teachers and 1 SNA for next year.
Teachers since 2016/17
Teachers each school year, by role
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 St Columba's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Columba's National SchoolThis school | – | 44 | – | |
| 1 | S N Cill Fheicin2.8 km · Gort | 2.8 km | 69 |
+11.3%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil na bhFili4.1 km · Gort Inse Guaire · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 4.1 km | 41 |
−41.4%
|
| 3 | Gort National School5.0 km · Gort · DEIS | 5.0 km | 197 |
+3.1%
|
| 4 | S N Aine Naofa6.1 km · Gort | 6.1 km | 92 |
+33.3%
|
| 5 | Dromindoora N.S.6.5 km · Feakle | 6.5 km | 23 |
−37.8%
|
| 6 | S N Cill Tartain6.5 km · Gort Inse Guaire | 6.5 km | 117 |
+27.2%
|
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
- Colette Rattigan
- Phone
- 091632064
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyturn, Gort, Co Galway, H91 W8Y8
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not 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
10 school years from 2016/17 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 2022/23 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 5 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 29 | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 25 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 24 | 9 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 26 | 9 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |