Headford Primary School
Galway · Roll number 20583P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 137
- −1 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2024/25
- With 138 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 72 / 65
- 53% girls
Pupils since 2024
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2024/25.
This year, 2025/26
137 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.
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 18 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 18 | 20.0 |
| 1st Class | 19 | 20 | 19.5 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 21 | 18.5 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 13 | 17.5 |
| 4th Class | 10 | 21 | 15.5 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 6th Class | 20 | 12 | 16.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 18 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 18Senior Infants2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Senior Infants (2024/25), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2024/25
19 in 1st Class (2024/25), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 191st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2024/25
16 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 162nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2024/25
22 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In 4th Class in 2024/25
10 in 4th Class (2024/25), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 104th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 5th Class in 2024/25
11 in 5th Class (2024/25), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 115th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +114th Class in 2025/26 (10 to 21)
- −93rd Class in 2025/26 (22 to 13)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2024/25 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, 2024/25 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Headford Primary School, 2024/25 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
8.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers and 2.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2024/25
Teachers each school year, by role
From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. 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 Headford Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headford Primary SchoolThis school | – | 137 | – | |
| 1 | Cloughanower N S2.8 km · Headford | 2.8 km | 66 |
−29.8%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Padraig2.9 km · Headford | 2.9 km | 60 |
−6.2%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Fhursa3.7 km · Headford | 3.7 km | 100 |
−35.5%
|
| 4 | S N Padraig Naofa3.8 km · Headford | 3.8 km | 18 |
+12.5%
|
| 5 | SN Naomh Proinnsias4.7 km · Headford | 4.7 km | 32 |
−52.9%
|
| 6 | Bunscoil Naomh Chuana5.4 km · Headford | 5.4 km | 208 |
+11.2%
|
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
- Ms Mary Mc Nelis O'Flaherty
- Phone
- 09335377
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Road, Headford, Galway, H91 FD71
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- 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
- Headford
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
2 school years from 2024/25 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2024/25.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 137 | 72 | 65 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 138 | 65 | 73 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 20 |