Scoil Nais Deaglain
Ashbourne · Roll number 19486K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 621
- −26 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 65 from 686 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 331 / 290
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
621 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 | 71 | 79 | 67 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 75.5 |
| Senior Infants | 79 | 76 | 81 | 77 | 80 | 72 | 77.5 |
| 1st Class | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 79.5 |
| 2nd Class | 81 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 79.5 |
| 3rd Class | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 80.3 |
| 4th Class | 84 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 81.0 |
| 5th Class | 90 | 83 | 85 | 81 | 87 | 80 | 84.3 |
| 6th Class | 83 | 88 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 88 | 85.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
80 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 72 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 80Junior Infants2024/25
- 72Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
81 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 75 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 81Junior Infants2023/24
- 80Senior Infants2024/25
- 751st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
67 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 75 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 67Junior Infants2022/23
- 77Senior Infants2023/24
- 801st Class2024/25
- 752nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
79 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 78 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 79Junior Infants2021/22
- 81Senior Infants2022/23
- 801st Class2023/24
- 792nd Class2024/25
- 783rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
71 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 78 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 71Junior Infants2020/21
- 76Senior Infants2021/22
- 801st Class2022/23
- 802nd Class2023/24
- 803rd Class2024/25
- 784th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
79 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 80 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 79Senior Infants2020/21
- 811st Class2021/22
- 812nd Class2022/23
- 813rd Class2023/24
- 814th Class2024/25
- 805th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
81 in 1st Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 811st Class2020/21
- 812nd Class2021/22
- 813rd Class2022/23
- 814th Class2023/24
- 875th Class2024/25
- 886th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
81 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 80 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 812nd Class2020/21
- 813rd Class2021/22
- 814th Class2022/23
- 815th Class2023/24
- 806th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
81 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2023/24): 9 pupils more.
- 813rd Class2020/21
- 814th Class2021/22
- 855th Class2022/23
- 906th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
84 in 4th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 844th Class2020/21
- 835th Class2021/22
- 846th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
90 in 5th Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 905th Class2020/21
- 886th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Junior Infants in 2023/24 (67 to 81)
- −12Junior Infants in 2022/23 (79 to 67)
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 Scoil Nais Deaglain, 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
36.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 37 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 25 mainstream classes 25
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers245 hours of support teaching a week 9.8
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 9.6 special education teachers and 4.83 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 Scoil Nais Deaglain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Nais DeaglainThis school | – | 621 |
−9.5%
|
|
| 1 | Ashbourne Community National School0.9 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 341 | – |
| 2 | Ashbourne Educate Together National School0.9 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 410 |
+86.4%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil na Cille0.9 km · Ashbourne · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 227 |
−10.3%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil na Mí1.0 km · Cill Dhéagláin · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 242 |
+60.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Ashbourne | 1.1 km | 479 |
−4.4%
|
| 6 | St Pauls NS3.4 km · Ratoath | 3.4 km | 565 |
−20.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Cian Kearins
- Phone
- 018350594
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ashbourne, Co. Meath, A84 KT02
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
- Ashbourne
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
40 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 621 | 331 | 290 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 80 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 647 | 346 | 301 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 87 | 80 |
| 2023/24 | 651 | 340 | 311 | 81 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 90 |
| 2022/23 | 640 | 335 | 305 | 67 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 85 | 84 |
| 2021/22 | 650 | 325 | 325 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 88 |
| 2020/21 | 650 | 322 | 328 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 90 | 83 |
| 2019/20 | 673 | 326 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 681 | 315 | 366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 697 | 315 | 382 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 680 | 311 | 369 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 686 | 310 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 645 | 293 | 352 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 617 | 283 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 571 | 268 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 549 | 253 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 523 | 252 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 471 | 233 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 440 | 213 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 400 | 193 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 344 | 164 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 299 | 146 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 327 | 159 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 325 | 162 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 320 | 157 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 326 | 167 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 341 | 167 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 360 | 175 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 389 | 191 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 406 | 197 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 418 | 206 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 437 | 210 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 442 | 212 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 478 | 214 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 555 | 260 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 561 | 263 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 539 | 260 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 605 | 291 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 538 | 264 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 487 | – | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 425 | 208 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |