Scoil Aine
Galway · Roll number 19567K
- Special school
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 45
- +10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +96%
- Up 22 from 23 in 2015/16
- Over 20 years: +200% from 15 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 30 / 15
- 67% girls
The Department of Education publishes only the number of pupils, girls and boys in each special school, not pupils by class, so this page has no class or class size figures. Pupils in special schools can be aged 4 to 18. All special schools
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. Until 2010/11 the Department listed special schools with mainstream schools; from 2011/12 they have their own list. Pupils on 30 September each year. Known data issues
Nearby
The special schools closest to Scoil Aine, and the mainstream schools within 10 km that have special classes, measured in a straight line.
Nearest special schools
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil AineThis school | – | 45 |
+95.7%
|
|
| 1 | Rosedale School2.7 km · Galway · Severe or profound general learning disability | 2.7 km | 75 |
+10.3%
|
| 2 | Lakeview School2.8 km · Galway · Mild general learning disability | 2.8 km | 76 |
+61.7%
|
| 3 | Ábalta Special School2.9 km · Galway · Autism | 2.9 km | 30 | – |
| 4 | St Josephs Special SCH5.7 km · Newcastle, Co. Galway · Moderate general learning disability | 5.7 km | 80 |
+11.1%
|
| 5 | St. Oliver's Child Education and Development Centre27.6 km · Tuam, Co. Galway · Severe or profound general learning disability | 27.6 km | 40 |
+66.7%
|
Special classes within 10 km47 classes in 19 mainstream schools in 2025/26, from the NCSE
| Number on map | School | Distance | Classes | 2026/27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Merlin Woods Primary School0.7 km · 2 autism classes | 0.7 km | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Gaelscoil Dara1.7 km · An autism classFirst special class opens in 2026/27 | 1.7 km | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Radharc na Mara National School1.9 km · 4 autism classes2 new classes in 2026/27 | 1.9 km | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Scoil Mhuire2.0 km · 2 autism classesA new class in 2026/27 | 2.0 km | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | S N Caitriona Sois2.1 km · 2 speech and language classes, a moderate general learning disability class and a hearing impairment classA new class in 2026/27 | 2.1 km | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | SN Caitriona Sinsear2.1 km · A moderate general learning disability class, a hearing impairment class and a specific learning disability classA new class in 2026/27 | 2.1 km | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | SN Colmcille3.5 km · An autism class | 3.5 km | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Scoil Íosa3.8 km · 3 autism classes and 2 moderate general learning disability classes | 3.8 km | 5 | 5 |
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Too few parents answered for the Department to publish this school's results (1 household were asked). Their answers still count in the Galway City planning area's figures, below.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galway City planning area · children at school | 46% | 37% | 3% |
| Galway City planning area · children not yet at school | 49% | 42% | 3% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Michelle O' Meara
- Phone
- 091758766
- [email protected]
- Address
- Merlin Park, Galway, H91 V40C
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Special school
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway City Council
- Planning area
- Galway City
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. The designation is the need the NCSE lists the school as set up for; many special schools now take pupils with a wider range of needs. Known data issues
Data by year
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 45 | 30 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 35 | 21 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017/18 | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| 2016/17 | 24 | 9 | 15 |
| 2015/16 | 23 | 6 | 17 |
| 2014/15 | 25 | 12 | 13 |
| 2013/14 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012/13 | 25 | 8 | 17 |
| 2011/12 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010/11 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009/10 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008/09 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007/08 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006/07 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005/06 | 15 | 2 | 13 |
| 2004/05 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2003/04 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 2002/03 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2001/02 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2000/01 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1999/00 | 20 | 4 | 16 |
| 1998/99 | 20 | 4 | 16 |
| 1997/98 | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 1996/97 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 1995/96 | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| 1994/95 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
| 1993/94 | 22 | 9 | 13 |