Scoil Mhuire N.S., Gortanumera, is a Roman Catholic school under the Patronage of the Catholic Bishop of Clonfert.
As a Roman Catholic school, the school aims at promoting the full and harmonious development of all aspects of the pupil; intellectual, physical, cultural, moral, and spiritual. The school models and promotes a philosophy of life inspired by belief in God and the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Catholic school provides religious education for pupils in the Catholic faith.