S N Colmcille
Tara · Roll number 17521W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 211
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- Up 1 from 210 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 102 / 109
- 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
211 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 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 25.8 |
| Senior Infants | 14 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 23.8 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 25.8 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 33 | 15 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 26.2 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 26.3 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 25 | 27.0 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 15 | 27.7 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 29.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
28 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
23 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 251st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 28Senior Infants2022/23
- 321st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 14Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 163rd Class2023/24
- 154th Class2024/25
- 155th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 332nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 324th Class2023/24
- 325th Class2024/25
- 326th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +104th Class in 2025/26 (15 to 25)
- −182nd Class in 2022/23 (33 to 15)
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 Colmcille, 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
11.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers62.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.5
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.5 special education teachers and 3.5 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. 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 Colmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N ColmcilleThis school | – | 211 |
+0.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N Mhuire Naofa4.0 km · Tara | 4.0 km | 81 |
−36.7%
|
| 2 | S N na Trionoide Naofa4.3 km · Navan | 4.3 km | 233 |
−15.0%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Seosamh5.3 km · Dunsany | 5.3 km | 95 |
+25.0%
|
| 4 | Dunshaughlin Community National School6.6 km · Dunshaughlin · Multi-denominational | 6.6 km | 168 | – |
| 5 | S N Baile Cheant6.8 km · Navan | 6.8 km | 214 |
−18.6%
|
| 6 | Scoil na Rithe6.9 km · Dún Seachlainn · Gaelscoil | 6.9 km | 222 |
+6.2%
|
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
- Tom Brennan
- Phone
- 0469025003
- [email protected]
- Address
- Skryne, Tara, Co. Meath, C15 NV99
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
42 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 | 211 | 102 | 109 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 209 | 103 | 106 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 32 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 215 | 108 | 107 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 29 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 103 | 108 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 218 | 107 | 111 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 102 | 106 | 21 | 14 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 206 | 97 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 217 | 110 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 221 | 112 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 219 | 108 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 210 | 104 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 204 | 99 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 195 | 91 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 196 | 97 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 203 | 100 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 205 | 93 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 197 | 91 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 190 | 92 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 188 | 89 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 184 | 87 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 178 | 85 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 179 | 81 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 160 | 75 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 150 | 74 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 149 | 71 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 137 | 63 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 131 | 61 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 133 | 66 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 125 | 62 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 131 | 64 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 131 | 66 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 140 | 73 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 143 | 75 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 94 | 44 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 171 | 88 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 166 | 85 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 188 | 100 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 171 | 90 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 174 | 85 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 167 | 84 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 157 | 77 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |