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Gort National School

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Tubber Road, Gort, Co Galway · H91 AD93 · Roll number 20465J

Gort National School is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Gort. Every school in and around Gort →

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Pupils
197
September, 2025/26
86 girls, 111 boys
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 202 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 Gort National School

  • 197 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • The largest of the 4 primary schools around Gort.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Gort’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Gort, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Gort National School had 197 pupils in 2025/26, against 191 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 221, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Gort National School

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 Gort National School 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 Gort National School

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 Gort National School

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

Families apply to Gort National School 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.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
197
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 202 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gort National School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Gort together changed by +15%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Gort−2%
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.

Gort National School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

Gort197
Gaelscoil na bhFili41
S.N. Cill Fheicin69
S.N. Cill Tartain117
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109
St Columba's44
S.N. Aine Naofa92
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish0.9 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish5 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish15 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish22 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish23 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish23 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish24 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish26 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish26 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish27 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish27 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish27 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish27 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish29 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish30 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish32 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish33 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish36 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish36 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish36 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish37 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish38 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish39 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish41 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish41 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish43 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish43 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish43 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish43 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish44 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish45 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish45 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish46 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish46 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish46 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish47 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish47 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish48 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish50 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish54 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish54 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish56 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish57 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish57 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish60 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish61 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish62 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish63 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish64 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish69 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓76 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish83 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish99 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓111 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 AD93

Nearby

Primary schools near Gort National School

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

Gaelscoil na bhFili
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
41 pupils−5% since 2019/200.9 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin
Primary · Catholic
69 pupils+6% since 2019/202.9 km
S.N. Cill Tartain
Primary · Catholic
117 pupils+4% since 2019/203.8 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh
Primary · Catholic
109 pupils+10% since 2019/203.9 km
St Columba's National School
Primary · Catholic
44 pupils+52% since 2019/205 km
S.N. Aine Naofa
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
92 pupils−7% since 2019/205.8 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 20465J

Questions about Gort National School

Is Gort National School 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 Gort National School have?

197 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.

Does Gort National School teach through Irish?

No: Gort National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Gort National School?

Gort National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

How do pupils get a place at Gort National School?

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 Gort National School?

The nearest are Gaelscoil na bhFili (0.9 km), S.N. Cill Fheicin (2.9 km) and S.N. Cill Tartain (3.8 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).