S N Muire
Kells · Roll number 18132Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 165
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 29 from 136 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 79 / 86
- 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
165 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 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 19.8 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 20.0 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20.0 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 18.7 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 17.8 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 17.8 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 17.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
17 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 18 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 18Senior Infants2022/23
- 181st Class2023/24
- 182nd Class2024/25
- 183rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 242nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 193rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 163rd Class2021/22
- 154th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +10Junior Infants in 2025/26 (17 to 27)
- −55th Class in 2021/22 (20 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 Muire, 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
11.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes 2
5.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.15 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 Muire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N MuireThis school | – | 165 |
+21.3%
|
|
| 1 | Kilbeg N S4.1 km · Carlanstown | 4.1 km | 85 |
+1.2%
|
| 2 | Kells Parochial N S4.4 km · Kells · Church of Ireland | 4.4 km | 52 |
−26.8%
|
| 3 | Our Lady of Mercy NS4.5 km · Kells | 4.5 km | 313 |
−30.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Cholmcille4.6 km · Kells | 4.6 km | 352 |
+29.4%
|
| 5 | S N Mhuire5.2 km · Ceannanus Mor | 5.2 km | 122 |
+1.7%
|
| 6 | S N Caitriona Naofa5.7 km · Kells · Gaeltacht | 5.7 km | 149 |
+21.1%
|
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
- Sarah Curran
- Phone
- 0469246803
- [email protected]
- Address
- Carlanstown, Kells, Co. Meath, A82 AH22
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
- Kells
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 | 165 | 79 | 86 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 163 | 79 | 84 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 87 | 74 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 83 | 75 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 145 | 81 | 64 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 151 | 81 | 70 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 142 | 76 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 134 | 70 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 133 | 68 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 138 | 69 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 136 | 68 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 137 | 68 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 143 | 72 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 142 | 70 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 136 | 65 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 131 | 62 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 141 | 64 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 145 | 63 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 147 | 65 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 127 | 59 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 116 | 58 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 107 | 54 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 94 | 45 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 86 | 41 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 84 | 41 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 68 | 33 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 67 | 26 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 69 | 28 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 72 | 28 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 71 | 27 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 80 | 28 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 87 | 30 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 95 | 36 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 75 | 43 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 76 | 46 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 87 | 51 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 97 | 54 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 89 | 50 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 91 | – | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 92 | 49 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 89 | 49 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 99 | 49 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |