S N Baile Cheant
Navan · Roll number 17480L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 214
- +8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −19%
- Down 49 from 263 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 101 / 113
- 47% 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
214 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 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 34 | 23.8 |
| Senior Infants | 31 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 23.5 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 24.5 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 28.0 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 28.7 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 29.3 |
| 5th Class | 39 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 33.5 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 36.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 23 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 23Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 31Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 332nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 314th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 363rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 325th Class2022/23
- 336th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 346th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
39 in 5th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 395th Class2020/21
- 416th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2025/26 (19 to 34)
- −131st Class in 2022/23 (33 to 20)
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 Baile Cheant, 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
14teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.83 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. 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 Baile Cheant, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Baile CheantThis school | – | 214 |
−18.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Pio4.2 km · Beauparc | 4.2 km | 59 |
−34.4%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire Naofa5.0 km · Tara | 5.0 km | 81 |
−36.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui5.3 km · Navan | 5.3 km | 211 |
−5.4%
|
| 4 | S N na Trionoide Naofa5.9 km · Navan | 5.9 km | 233 |
−15.0%
|
| 5 | S N Bheinin Naofa C6.8 km · Duleek · Girls · DEIS | 6.8 km | 343 |
+3.3%
|
| 6 | S N Bheinn Naofa B6.8 km · Duleek · Boys · DEIS | 6.8 km | 339 |
−1.7%
|
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
- Kieran Watters
- Phone
- 0419825458
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kentstown, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 YK73
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Navan
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 | 214 | 101 | 113 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 206 | 93 | 113 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 31 | 35 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 218 | 101 | 117 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 237 | 115 | 122 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 32 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | 244 | 120 | 124 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 41 |
| 2020/21 | 250 | 124 | 126 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 39 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 252 | 127 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 258 | 131 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 259 | 131 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 259 | 130 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 263 | 131 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 254 | 123 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 247 | 114 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 245 | 117 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 233 | 107 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 232 | 110 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 221 | 105 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 208 | 104 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 207 | 110 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 206 | 111 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 194 | 112 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 181 | 96 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 187 | 96 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 167 | 79 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 142 | 66 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 129 | 54 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 128 | 57 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 127 | 54 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 140 | 61 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 141 | 59 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 162 | 73 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 168 | 78 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 179 | 85 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 233 | 123 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 226 | 124 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 217 | 117 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 207 | 109 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 195 | 102 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 200 | – | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 190 | 100 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 192 | 99 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 169 | 77 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |