S N Dun Uabhair

Drogheda · Roll number 17856H

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
166
−23 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−26%
Down 59 from 225 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
73 / 93
44% girls
Teachers
about 14
8 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

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

166 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants10
  • Senior Infants18
  • 1st Class15
  • 2nd Class33
  • 3rd Class22
  • 4th Class18
  • 5th Class26
  • 6th Class24

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 14 19 21 14 18 10 16.0
Senior Infants 24 16 20 24 13 18 19.2
1st Class 20 24 19 23 25 15 21.0
2nd Class 21 20 24 19 24 33 23.5
3rd Class 30 21 20 25 19 22 22.8
4th Class 30 31 24 25 27 18 25.8
5th Class 27 30 31 27 25 26 27.7
6th Class 35 26 30 34 26 24 29.2

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

14 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.

  1. 14Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 16Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 191st Class2022/23
  4. 192nd Class2023/24
  5. 193rd Class2024/25
  6. 184th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +92nd Class in 2025/26 (24 to 33)
  • −11Senior Infants in 2024/25 (24 to 13)

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 Dun Uabhair, 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

13.5teaching 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 teachers62.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.5
  • Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2

5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 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 Dun Uabhair, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Dun Uabhair
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Dun UabhairThis school – 166
−26.2%
1 S N Naomh Colmcille3.5 km · Duleek 3.5 km 109
+3.8%
2 St Pauls Senior NS3.6 km · Drogheda · DEIS 3.6 km 466
+5.7%
3 Rathmullan N S3.6 km · Drogheda · DEIS 3.6 km 373
−12.4%
4 Naomh Seosamh4.4 km · Drogheda 4.4 km 293
+0.3%
5 S N Ard Mhuire C4.4 km · Drogheda · DEIS 4.4 km 315
+7.1%
6 S N Bheinin Naofa C5.0 km · Duleek · Girls · DEIS 5.0 km 343
+3.3%
Every school within 10 km

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
Ruth Browne
Address
Donore, Drogheda, Co. Meath, A92 A568

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
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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 166 73 93 1018153322182624
2024/25 189 83 106 1813252419272526
2023/24 203 89 114 1424231925252734
2022/23 201 92 109 2120192420243130
2021/22 187 88 99 1916242021313026
2020/21 201 95 106 1424202130302735
2019/20 212 101 111 ––––––––
2018/19 212 105 107 ––––––––
2017/18 215 111 104 ––––––––
2016/17 226 113 113 ––––––––
2015/16 225 113 112 ––––––––
2014/15 219 105 114 ––––––––
2013/14 208 94 114 ––––––––
2012/13 205 86 119 ––––––––
2011/12 194 80 114 ––––––––
2010/11 185 72 113 ––––––––
2009/10 170 72 98 ––––––––
2008/09 149 60 89 ––––––––
2007/08 123 45 78 ––––––––
2006/07 116 41 75 ––––––––
2005/06 105 36 69 ––––––––
2004/05 69 25 44 ––––––––
2003/04 53 21 32 ––––––––
2002/03 39 13 26 ––––––––
2001/02 33 13 20 ––––––––
2000/01 29 11 18 ––––––––
1999/00 30 12 18 ––––––––
1998/99 39 18 21 ––––––––
1997/98 41 21 20 ––––––––
1996/97 45 21 24 ––––––––
1995/96 46 22 24 ––––––––
1994/95 59 27 32 ––––––––
1993/94 66 25 41 ––––––––
1983/84 101 52 49 ––––––––
1982/83 100 46 54 ––––––––
1981/82 99 41 58 ––––––––
1980/81 107 43 64 ––––––––
1979/80 115 48 67 ––––––––
1978/79 124 – 75 ––––––––
1977/78 123 50 73 ––––––––
1976/77 123 44 79 ––––––––
1975/76 118 – – ––––––––
1974/75 94 43 51 ––––––––