Presentation Convent
Drogheda · Roll number 00851C
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 385
- +35 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +20%
- Up 64 from 321 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 243 / 142
- 63% 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
385 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 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 46 | 46 | 35.2 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 30 | 31 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 38.2 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 47 | 47 | 37.2 |
| 2nd Class | – | 29 | 30 | 45 | 41 | 52 | 39.4 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 49 | 49 | 37.7 |
| 4th Class | 33 | 29 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 58 | 38.8 |
| 5th Class | 40 | 34 | 28 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 38.3 |
| 6th Class | 83 | 44 | 37 | 29 | 45 | 42 | 46.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
46 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 43Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 49 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 493rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 58 in 4th Class (2025/26): 32 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 452nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 584th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 5th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 32Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 384th Class2024/25
- 425th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 303rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 405th Class2024/25
- 426th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
35 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 45 in 6th Class (2024/25): 10 pupils more.
- 353rd Class2021/22
- 414th Class2022/23
- 465th Class2023/24
- 456th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 294th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
33 in 4th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 334th Class2020/21
- 345th Class2021/22
- 376th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
40 in 5th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils more.
- 405th Class2020/21
- 446th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +204th Class in 2025/26 (38 to 58)
- −396th Class in 2021/22 (83 to 44)
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 Presentation Convent, 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
24.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers172.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.9
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 7.8 special education teachers and 4 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 Presentation Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation ConventThis school | – | 385 |
+19.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa0.3 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.3 km | 353 |
+8.3%
|
| 2 | Aston Village Educate Together National School0.9 km · Drogheda · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 375 |
+0.8%
|
| 3 | St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School1.1 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.1 km | 575 | – |
| 4 | S N Aonghusa1.4 km · Droichead Atha · Gaelscoil | 1.4 km | 147 |
−30.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn1.4 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.4 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Peadar1.6 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 1.6 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
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
- Nora Molloy
- Phone
- 0419837119
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 E296
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Drogheda
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 | 385 | 243 | 142 | 46 | 49 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 58 | 42 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 350 | 236 | 114 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 41 | 49 | 38 | 40 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 299 | 219 | 80 | 33 | 43 | 36 | 45 | 33 | 34 | 46 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 268 | 221 | 47 | 32 | 31 | 39 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 28 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | 259 | 231 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 44 |
| 2020/21 | 268 | 257 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 24 | – | 30 | 33 | 40 | 83 |
| 2019/20 | 282 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 290 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 292 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 296 | 296 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 321 | 321 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 343 | 343 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 357 | 357 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 365 | 365 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 373 | 373 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 367 | 367 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 376 | 376 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 365 | 365 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 340 | 340 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 338 | 338 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 333 | 333 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 305 | 305 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 330 | 330 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 325 | 325 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 330 | 330 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 338 | 338 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 324 | 324 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 328 | 328 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 340 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 350 | 350 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 378 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 430 | 430 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 478 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 536 | 536 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 563 | 563 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 564 | 564 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 520 | 520 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 480 | 480 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 460 | 460 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 447 | 447 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 434 | 434 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 420 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 460 | 460 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |