St Oliver Plunkett NS
Navan · Roll number 19476H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 399
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −16%
- Down 79 from 478 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 203 / 196
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
399 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 | 53 | 51 | 44 | 47 | 34 | 39 | 44.7 |
| Senior Infants | 51 | 52 | 50 | 44 | 49 | 38 | 47.3 |
| 1st Class | 54 | 49 | 50 | 55 | 41 | 56 | 50.8 |
| 2nd Class | 50 | 55 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 44 | 51.2 |
| 3rd Class | 50 | 51 | 56 | 49 | 52 | 57 | 52.5 |
| 4th Class | 63 | 52 | 49 | 53 | 48 | 54 | 53.2 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 62 | 54 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 55.5 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 60 | 62 | 56 | 51 | 57 | 57.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 56 in 1st Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 561st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
44 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 44 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 44Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 411st Class2024/25
- 442nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 572nd Class2024/25
- 573rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 52Senior Infants2021/22
- 501st Class2022/23
- 532nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 51Senior Infants2020/21
- 491st Class2021/22
- 482nd Class2022/23
- 493rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
54 in 1st Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 541st Class2020/21
- 552nd Class2021/22
- 563rd Class2022/23
- 534th Class2023/24
- 555th Class2024/25
- 576th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
50 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 502nd Class2020/21
- 513rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 495th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
50 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 503rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 545th Class2022/23
- 566th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
63 in 4th Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 634th Class2020/21
- 625th Class2021/22
- 626th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +151st Class in 2025/26 (41 to 56)
- −141st Class in 2024/25 (55 to 41)
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 St Oliver Plunkett NS, 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
25.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers160 hours of support teaching a week 6.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.83 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 St Oliver Plunkett NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Oliver Plunkett NSThis school | – | 399 |
−16.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Pauls N S0.6 km · Navan | 0.6 km | 761 |
+5.5%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire1.3 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.3 km | 205 |
−11.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Eoin1.3 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.3 km | 375 |
+9.3%
|
| 4 | Aine Naofa N S1.4 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.4 km | 312 |
−6.0%
|
| 5 | Mercy Convent N S1.5 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.5 km | 385 |
−21.1%
|
| 6 | Flowerfield N S1.9 km · Navan · Church of Ireland | 1.9 km | 40 |
−31.0%
|
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
- Padraig Farrell
- Phone
- 0469023347
- [email protected]
- Address
- Blackcastle, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 R642
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 399 | 203 | 196 | 39 | 38 | 56 | 44 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 399 | 195 | 204 | 34 | 49 | 41 | 57 | 52 | 48 | 55 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 412 | 202 | 210 | 47 | 44 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 49 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 413 | 196 | 217 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 56 | 49 | 54 | 62 |
| 2021/22 | 432 | 207 | 225 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 62 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 437 | 218 | 219 | 53 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 63 | 59 | 57 |
| 2019/20 | 444 | 220 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 437 | 216 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 456 | 223 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 471 | 239 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 478 | 241 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 472 | 233 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 487 | 225 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 485 | 231 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 497 | 224 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 493 | 226 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 521 | 250 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 552 | 261 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 596 | 276 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 610 | 278 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 617 | 289 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 648 | 292 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 675 | 300 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 710 | 310 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 667 | 276 | 391 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 660 | 270 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 626 | 269 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 616 | 251 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 611 | 241 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 577 | 225 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 584 | 230 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 577 | 231 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 573 | 238 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 673 | 284 | 389 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 672 | 281 | 391 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 682 | 273 | 409 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 705 | 262 | 443 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 691 | 264 | 427 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 633 | – | 399 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 549 | 196 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 411 | 154 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |