S N Mhuire Naofa
Tara · Roll number 17964K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 81
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −37%
- Down 47 from 128 in 2015/16
- 5 classes in 2015/16, 4 now; average class 25.6 → 20.2
- Over 20 years: −36% from 127 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 39 / 42
- 48% 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
81 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 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 10.3 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 1st Class | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9.0 |
| 2nd Class | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9.5 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 4th Class | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11.8 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
9 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
10 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 10Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
9 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 11 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2022/23
- 10Senior Infants2023/24
- 111st Class2024/25
- 112nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 9 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 93rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2020/21
- 7Senior Infants2021/22
- 71st Class2022/23
- 102nd Class2023/24
- 93rd Class2024/25
- 84th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 111st Class2021/22
- 112nd Class2022/23
- 123rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
7 in 1st Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 71st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 93rd Class2022/23
- 104th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 106th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
9 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 92nd Class2020/21
- 93rd Class2021/22
- 104th Class2022/23
- 115th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 114th Class2021/22
- 125th Class2022/23
- 126th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
12 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 124th Class2020/21
- 125th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +6Junior Infants in 2025/26 (9 to 15)
- −43rd Class in 2021/22 (13 to 9)
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 Mhuire 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
5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers25 hours of support teaching a week 1
1.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher and 1.83 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Mhuire Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Mhuire NaofaThis school | – | 81 |
−36.7%
|
|
| 1 | S N Colmcille4.0 km · Tara | 4.0 km | 211 |
+0.5%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Cianain4.1 km · Ashbourne | 4.1 km | 73 |
−12.0%
|
| 3 | S N Baile Cheant5.0 km · Navan | 5.0 km | 214 |
−18.6%
|
| 4 | S N na Trionoide Naofa6.6 km · Navan | 6.6 km | 233 |
−15.0%
|
| 5 | S N Aindreis Naofa7.0 km · Ashbourne | 7.0 km | 107 |
−1.8%
|
| 6 | S N Padraig Naofa7.6 km · Garristown | 7.6 km | 137 |
+14.2%
|
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: 15 of 51 households answered (29%). The true figures are likely within 19.5 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 19.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 53% | 33% | 0% |
| Ashbourne planning area · children at school | 42% | 21% | 3% |
| Ashbourne planning area · children not yet at school | 43% | 30% | 6% |
| 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
- James Tansley
- Phone
- 0419825156
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathfeigh, Tara, Co. Meath, C15 F220
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
- Ashbourne
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 | 81 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | 81 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 83 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 85 | 48 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 100 | 60 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 101 | 58 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 112 | 62 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 117 | 64 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 128 | 68 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 129 | 73 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 128 | 68 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 137 | 69 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 132 | 64 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 124 | 59 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 121 | 57 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 54 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 122 | 59 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 121 | 57 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 127 | 58 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 117 | 55 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 122 | 58 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 140 | 68 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 138 | 67 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 154 | 74 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 159 | 72 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 163 | 72 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 170 | 79 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 181 | 83 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 176 | 84 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 174 | 80 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 172 | 80 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 91 | 43 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 88 | 41 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 96 | 39 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 93 | 38 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 90 | – | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 83 | 37 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 83 | 36 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 81 | 40 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |