S N Naomh Colmcille

Duleek · Roll number 18500T

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
109
+1 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+4%
Up 4 from 105 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
48 / 61
44% girls
Teachers
about 6
5 class teachers, 21.8 pupils per class. 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

109 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants16
  • Senior Infants12
  • 1st Class13
  • 2nd Class14
  • 3rd Class14
  • 4th Class11
  • 5th Class15
  • 6th Class14

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 10 13 13 14 12 16 13.0
Senior Infants 15 9 14 12 13 12 12.5
1st Class 14 15 9 14 13 13 13.0
2nd Class 15 14 15 12 14 14 14.0
3rd Class 11 15 15 15 12 14 13.7
4th Class 14 11 14 15 15 11 13.3
5th Class 14 14 12 14 15 15 14.0
6th Class 13 14 14 12 14 14 13.5

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

10 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.

  1. 10Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 9Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 91st Class2022/23
  4. 122nd Class2023/24
  5. 123rd Class2024/25
  6. 114th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +5Senior Infants in 2022/23 (9 to 14)
  • −6Senior Infants in 2021/22 (15 to 9)

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 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

6.5teaching posts

Our estimate: about 6 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5

1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 Naomh Colmcille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N Naomh Colmcille
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N Naomh ColmcilleThis school – 109
+3.8%
1 S N Dun Uabhair3.5 km · Drogheda 3.5 km 166
−26.2%
2 S N Naomh Treasa3.8 km · Drogheda 3.8 km 105
+12.9%
3 St Pauls Senior NS4.0 km · Drogheda · DEIS 4.0 km 466
+5.7%
4 Rathmullan N S4.0 km · Drogheda · DEIS 4.0 km 373
−12.4%
5 S N Ard Mhuire C4.2 km · Drogheda · DEIS 4.2 km 315
+7.1%
6 St Marys Parish Primary School4.3 km · Drogheda 4.3 km 967
−11.0%
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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
Lorraine O'Loughlin
Address
Mount Hanover, Duleek, Co Meath, A92 TC99

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
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
2025/26 109 48 61 1612131414111514
2024/25 108 50 58 1213131412151514
2023/24 108 52 56 1412141215151412
2022/23 106 52 54 131491515141214
2021/22 105 54 51 139151415111414
2020/21 106 55 51 1015141511141413
2019/20 104 52 52 ––––––––
2018/19 101 51 50 ––––––––
2017/18 101 48 53 ––––––––
2016/17 102 43 59 ––––––––
2015/16 105 47 58 ––––––––
2014/15 102 47 55 ––––––––
2013/14 102 44 58 ––––––––
2012/13 102 46 56 ––––––––
2011/12 99 44 55 ––––––––
2010/11 98 43 55 ––––––––
2009/10 95 45 50 ––––––––
2008/09 94 48 46 ––––––––
2007/08 93 48 45 ––––––––
2006/07 89 44 45 ––––––––
2005/06 92 44 48 ––––––––
2004/05 89 41 48 ––––––––
2003/04 94 42 52 ––––––––
2002/03 96 39 57 ––––––––
2001/02 94 39 55 ––––––––
2000/01 97 39 58 ––––––––
1999/00 94 37 57 ––––––––
1998/99 99 39 60 ––––––––
1997/98 104 37 67 ––––––––
1996/97 107 37 70 ––––––––
1995/96 110 39 71 ––––––––
1994/95 100 40 60 ––––––––
1993/94 97 38 59 ––––––––
1983/84 64 28 36 ––––––––
1982/83 63 28 35 ––––––––
1981/82 63 30 33 ––––––––
1980/81 65 24 41 ––––––––
1979/80 56 26 30 ––––––––
1978/79 47 – 23 ––––––––
1977/78 53 24 29 ––––––––
1976/77 53 28 25 ––––––––
1975/76 43 – – ––––––––
1974/75 40 17 23 ––––––––