SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCH
Cavan · Roll number 17326B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 265
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +16%
- Up 37 from 228 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 4 / 261
- 2% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
265 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 | 3 | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Senior Infants | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 6 | 3.8 |
| 1st Class | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2nd Class | 43 | 46 | 34 | 48 | 52 | 41 | 44.0 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 46 | 46 | 36 | 52 | 56 | 47.0 |
| 4th Class | 42 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 41 | 54 | 49.0 |
| 5th Class | 58 | 42 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 39 | 50.8 |
| 6th Class | 47 | 59 | 51 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 56.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
5 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 5Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
6 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 35 pupils more.
- 6Junior Infants2022/23
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
4 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 52 pupils more.
- 4Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 51 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 21st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 5th Class (2025/26): 38 pupils more.
- 1Senior Infants2020/21
- 11st Class2021/22
- 342nd Class2022/23
- 363rd Class2023/24
- 414th Class2024/25
- 395th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
4 in 1st Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2025/26): 59 pupils more.
- 41st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 463rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 575th Class2024/25
- 636th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
43 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): 17 pupils more.
- 432nd Class2020/21
- 463rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 575th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 525th Class2022/23
- 586th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
42 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 9 pupils more.
- 424th Class2020/21
- 425th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
58 in 5th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 585th Class2020/21
- 596th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +163rd Class in 2024/25 (36 to 52)
- −185th Class in 2025/26 (57 to 39)
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 SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCH, 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
22teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes 2
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 14 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 4.5 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 SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCH, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCHThis school | – | 265 |
+16.2%
|
|
| 1 | Cavan 1 N S0.1 km · Cavan · Church of Ireland | 0.1 km | 102 |
+25.9%
|
| 2 | St Clares Primary School0.4 km · Cavan · DEIS | 0.4 km | 548 |
+4.8%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Bhreifne0.6 km · An Cabhán · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.6 km | 193 |
+436.1%
|
| 4 | Dromaili S N1.9 km · Cavan | 1.9 km | 213 |
−12.7%
|
| 5 | S N Drom Cnamh2.7 km · Drumcrave | 2.7 km | 47 |
−7.8%
|
| 6 | S N Corr Lorgan3.4 km · Cavan | 3.4 km | 65 |
−36.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Anne Donnellan
- Phone
- 0494332366
- [email protected]
- Address
- Farnham Street, Cavan, H12 YN73
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kilmore
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Cavan County Council
- Planning area
- Cavan
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 265 | 4 | 261 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 56 | 54 | 39 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 276 | 5 | 271 | 5 | – | – | 52 | 52 | 41 | 57 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 265 | 5 | 260 | – | – | – | 48 | 36 | 52 | 57 | 58 |
| 2022/23 | 249 | 4 | 245 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 46 | 53 | 52 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 254 | 3 | 251 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 52 | 42 | 59 |
| 2020/21 | 247 | 2 | 245 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 46 | 42 | 58 | 47 |
| 2019/20 | 252 | 5 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 245 | 5 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 250 | 4 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 232 | 3 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 228 | 2 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 226 | 4 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 227 | 3 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 215 | 2 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 191 | 0 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 189 | 2 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 189 | 3 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 180 | 4 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 174 | 5 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 174 | 2 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 169 | 0 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 160 | 0 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 147 | 0 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 154 | 3 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 165 | 3 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 157 | 0 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 163 | 0 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 187 | 0 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 191 | 0 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 200 | 0 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 245 | – | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 262 | – | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 295 | – | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 191 | 0 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 183 | 0 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 200 | 0 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 219 | 0 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 189 | 0 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 203 | 0 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 202 | 0 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |