Guest, Sign inJoin
–Not graded

S.N. Aine Naofa

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Loughcutra, Gort, Co. Galway · H91 C6D6 · Roll number 17475S

S.N. Aine Naofa is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Gort. Every school in and around Gort →

Directions
Pupils
92
September, 2025/26
40 girls, 52 boys
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 99 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Aine Naofa

  • 92 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Gort’s outline, 4.3 km away; listed with Gort, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Aine Naofa had 92 pupils in 2025/26, against 69 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 99, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

03060901202015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for S.N. Aine Naofa

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for S.N. Aine Naofa is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Aine Naofa

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at S.N. Aine Naofa

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. Aine Naofa directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
92
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 99 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Aine Naofa has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Gort together changed by +15%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Aine Naofa−7%
The primary schools around Gort+0%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Aine Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Aine Naofa92
Lurga91
Gaelscoil na bhFili41
Gort197
Tubber40
St Columba's44
Dromindoora23
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish5.7 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓5.8 km
Tubber N.S.40+67%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Dromindoora N.S.23−43%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
The other 212 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish19 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish24 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish26 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish26 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish27 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish27 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish30 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish32 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish32 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish34 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish35 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish35 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish36 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish36 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish37 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish37 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish37 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish38 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish39 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish40 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish43 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish43 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish44 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish46 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish47 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish47 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish48 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish49 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish49 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish50 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish51 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish52 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish54 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish55 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish55 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish55 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish56 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish56 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish60 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish61 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish62 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish62 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish62 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish63 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish63 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish66 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish67 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish68 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish68 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish70 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish74 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish75 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish76 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish76 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓80 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish88 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish103 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓105 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓115 km
Living nearby

Living in Gort

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€240,000
181 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,264
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Gort →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Gort

Cost of living in Gort →

New tenancies in Gort averaged €1,264 a month in 2025, against €1,164 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,164
2025€1,264

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Gort, H91 C6D6

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Aine Naofa

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Lurga N.S.
Primary · Catholic
91 pupils+3% since 2019/203.7 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
41 pupils−5% since 2019/205.7 km
Gort National School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
197 pupils−2% since 2019/205.8 km
Tubber N.S.
Primary · Catholic
40 pupils+67% since 2019/205.9 km
St Columba's National School
Primary · Catholic
44 pupils+52% since 2019/206.1 km
Dromindoora N.S.
Primary · Catholic
23 pupils−43% since 2019/206.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17475S

Questions about S.N. Aine Naofa

Is S.N. Aine Naofa a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does S.N. Aine Naofa have?

92 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Aine Naofa teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Aine Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Aine Naofa?

S.N. Aine Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Aine Naofa?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near S.N. Aine Naofa?

The nearest are Lurga N.S. (3.7 km), Gaelscoil na bhFili (5.7 km) and Gort National School (5.8 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Gort; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).