S N Naomh Padraig
Slane · Roll number 18040L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 253
- +10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 23 from 276 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 118 / 135
- 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
253 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 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 29.8 |
| Senior Infants | 36 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 26 | 30.2 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 32.0 |
| 2nd Class | 32 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 32.0 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 32.5 |
| 4th Class | 42 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 35.0 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 44 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 34.8 |
| 6th Class | 40 | 32 | 44 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 35.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
25 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
23 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 33 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 33Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 332nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
33 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 32 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 323rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 331st Class2022/23
- 332nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 334th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 36Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 352nd Class2022/23
- 373rd Class2023/24
- 364th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 312nd Class2021/22
- 313rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 325th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
32 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 322nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 334th Class2022/23
- 345th Class2023/24
- 346th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 336th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
42 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 424th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +126th Class in 2022/23 (32 to 44)
- −135th Class in 2022/23 (44 to 31)
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 Naomh Padraig, 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
15.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.66 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 Naomh Padraig, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh PadraigThis school | – | 253 |
−8.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui5.1 km · Navan | 5.1 km | 211 |
−5.4%
|
| 2 | Stackallen N S5.5 km · Navan | 5.5 km | 170 |
−12.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Pio5.6 km · Beauparc | 5.6 km | 59 |
−34.4%
|
| 4 | S N Tulach Aluinn7.9 km · Tullyallen | 7.9 km | 411 |
−9.5%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Fainche8.0 km · Collon | 8.0 km | 190 |
−17.4%
|
| 6 | S N Dun Uabhair8.3 km · Drogheda | 8.3 km | 166 |
−26.2%
|
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
- Paul O'Donnell
- Phone
- 0419824229
- [email protected]
- Address
- Collon Road, Slane, Co. Meath, C15 NX78
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
- 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
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 | 253 | 118 | 135 | 36 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 243 | 119 | 124 | 25 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | 259 | 127 | 132 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 272 | 129 | 143 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 268 | 129 | 139 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 44 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 275 | 125 | 150 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 42 | 33 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 278 | 125 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 275 | 125 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 275 | 127 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 275 | 127 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 276 | 133 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 283 | 134 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 279 | 135 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 264 | 130 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 273 | 137 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 274 | 142 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 258 | 132 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 249 | 125 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 237 | 114 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 219 | 105 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 202 | 91 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 177 | 74 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 156 | 77 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 139 | 71 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 149 | 73 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 162 | 77 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 183 | 86 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 194 | 89 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 202 | 95 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 232 | 115 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 233 | 110 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 263 | 117 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 274 | 120 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 396 | 198 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 406 | 203 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 394 | 195 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 406 | 193 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 399 | – | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 381 | 177 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 355 | 164 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 309 | 142 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |