S N Seachnaill Naofa
Dunshaughlin · Roll number 17930Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 622
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +27%
- Up 132 from 490 in 2015/16
- 19 classes in 2015/16, 24 now; average class 25.8 → 25.9
- Over 20 years: +45% from 428 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 278 / 344
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
622 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.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 85 | 72 | 78 | 70 | 82 | 80 | 77.8 |
| Senior Infants | 75 | 84 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 77.5 |
| 1st Class | 73 | 80 | 84 | 74 | 78 | 72 | 76.8 |
| 2nd Class | 73 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 77 | 76.8 |
| 3rd Class | 76 | 84 | 76 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 78.7 |
| 4th Class | 63 | 81 | 83 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 76.8 |
| 5th Class | 79 | 70 | 84 | 80 | 75 | 79 | 77.8 |
| 6th Class | 68 | 84 | 74 | 86 | 79 | 76 | 77.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
82 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 80 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 82Junior Infants2024/25
- 80Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
70 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 72 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 70Junior Infants2023/24
- 74Senior Infants2024/25
- 721st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
78 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 77 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 78Junior Infants2022/23
- 77Senior Infants2023/24
- 781st Class2024/25
- 772nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
72 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 75 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 72Junior Infants2021/22
- 75Senior Infants2022/23
- 741st Class2023/24
- 752nd Class2024/25
- 753rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
85 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 83 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 85Junior Infants2020/21
- 84Senior Infants2021/22
- 841st Class2022/23
- 812nd Class2023/24
- 813rd Class2024/25
- 834th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 79 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 75Senior Infants2020/21
- 801st Class2021/22
- 802nd Class2022/23
- 803rd Class2023/24
- 794th Class2024/25
- 795th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
73 in 1st Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 731st Class2020/21
- 752nd Class2021/22
- 763rd Class2022/23
- 724th Class2023/24
- 755th Class2024/25
- 766th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
73 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 732nd Class2020/21
- 843rd Class2021/22
- 834th Class2022/23
- 805th Class2023/24
- 796th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
76 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 86 in 6th Class (2023/24): 10 pupils more.
- 763rd Class2020/21
- 814th Class2021/22
- 845th Class2022/23
- 866th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
63 in 4th Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2022/23): 11 pupils more.
- 634th Class2020/21
- 705th Class2021/22
- 746th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
79 in 5th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils more.
- 795th Class2020/21
- 846th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +184th Class in 2021/22 (63 to 81)
- −13Junior Infants in 2021/22 (85 to 72)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Seachnaill Naofa, 2006/07 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
34.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers202.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.1
8.15 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 8.1 special education teachers and 8.15 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. 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 S N Seachnaill Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Seachnaill NaofaThis school | – | 622 |
+26.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil na Rithe0.6 km · Dún Seachlainn · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 222 |
+6.2%
|
| 2 | Dunshaughlin Community National School1.1 km · Dunshaughlin · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 168 | – |
| 3 | S N Rath Beagain4.4 km · Dunshaughlin | 4.4 km | 219 |
+11.2%
|
| 4 | S N Rath Riagain4.5 km · Dunboyne | 4.5 km | 92 |
−5.2%
|
| 5 | S N Cul an Mhuilinn4.9 km · Drumree | 4.9 km | 119 |
+26.6%
|
| 6 | Ratoath Junior N S4.9 km · Ratoath | 4.9 km | 213 |
−53.9%
|
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.
Children at this school
Their parents: 166 of 433 households answered (38%). The true figures are likely within 6.3 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 109 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 6.3 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 45% | 9% | 1% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 46% | 6% | 2% |
| Dunshaughlin planning area · children at school | 47% | 22% | 2% |
| Dunshaughlin planning area · children not yet at school | 43% | 26% | 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. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Ciara Whelan
- Phone
- 018259679
- [email protected]
- Address
- Main Street, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, A85 R262
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- 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
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Dunshaughlin
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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 622 | 278 | 344 | 80 | 80 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 83 | 79 | 76 |
| 2024/25 | 623 | 276 | 347 | 82 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 620 | 274 | 346 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 72 | 80 | 86 |
| 2022/23 | 634 | 290 | 344 | 78 | 75 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 74 |
| 2021/22 | 630 | 276 | 354 | 72 | 84 | 80 | 75 | 84 | 81 | 70 | 84 |
| 2020/21 | 592 | 275 | 317 | 85 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 63 | 79 | 68 |
| 2019/20 | 552 | 276 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 524 | 258 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 494 | 247 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 493 | 250 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 490 | 239 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 494 | 248 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 511 | 261 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 520 | 259 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 501 | 242 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 515 | 240 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 503 | 221 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 498 | 224 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 494 | 235 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 467 | 225 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 428 | 208 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 420 | 208 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 406 | 192 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 391 | 191 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 347 | 172 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 322 | 156 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 300 | 133 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 302 | 138 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 312 | 144 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 332 | 156 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 317 | 143 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 310 | 138 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 306 | 136 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 311 | 155 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 307 | 154 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 314 | 145 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 319 | 143 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 314 | 144 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 308 | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 285 | 134 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 276 | 122 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 216 | 96 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |