St Pauls N S
Navan · Roll number 19671F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 761
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 40 from 721 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 374 / 387
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1981
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
761 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 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 91 | 81 | 81.2 |
| Senior Infants | 92 | 77 | 82 | 78 | 80 | 97 | 84.3 |
| 1st Class | 87 | 90 | 84 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 85.0 |
| 2nd Class | 96 | 91 | 95 | 83 | 93 | 99 | 92.8 |
| 3rd Class | 75 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 90 | 98 | 91.7 |
| 4th Class | 107 | 77 | 104 | 96 | 103 | 93 | 96.7 |
| 5th Class | 97 | 104 | 81 | 106 | 99 | 108 | 99.2 |
| 6th Class | 103 | 97 | 108 | 81 | 108 | 101 | 99.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
91 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 97 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 91Junior Infants2024/25
- 97Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
79 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 84 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 79Junior Infants2023/24
- 80Senior Infants2024/25
- 841st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
81 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 99 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 81Junior Infants2022/23
- 78Senior Infants2023/24
- 841st Class2024/25
- 992nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
80 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 98 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 80Junior Infants2021/22
- 82Senior Infants2022/23
- 811st Class2023/24
- 932nd Class2024/25
- 983rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 93 in 4th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2020/21
- 77Senior Infants2021/22
- 841st Class2022/23
- 832nd Class2023/24
- 903rd Class2024/25
- 934th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
92 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 108 in 5th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 92Senior Infants2020/21
- 901st Class2021/22
- 952nd Class2022/23
- 953rd Class2023/24
- 1034th Class2024/25
- 1085th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
87 in 1st Class (2020/21), 101 in 6th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 871st Class2020/21
- 912nd Class2021/22
- 963rd Class2022/23
- 964th Class2023/24
- 995th Class2024/25
- 1016th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
96 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 962nd Class2020/21
- 963rd Class2021/22
- 1044th Class2022/23
- 1065th Class2023/24
- 1086th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
75 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 81 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 753rd Class2020/21
- 774th Class2021/22
- 815th Class2022/23
- 816th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
107 in 4th Class (2020/21), 108 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 1074th Class2020/21
- 1045th Class2021/22
- 1086th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
97 in 5th Class (2020/21), 97 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 975th Class2020/21
- 976th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +274th Class in 2022/23 (77 to 104)
- −304th Class in 2021/22 (107 to 77)
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 Pauls N S, 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
45.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 45 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 32 mainstream classes 32
- 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 teachers230 hours of support teaching a week 9.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.33 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 Pauls N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls N SThis school | – | 761 |
+5.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Oliver Plunkett NS0.6 km · Navan · DEIS | 0.6 km | 399 |
−16.5%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire0.7 km · Navan · DEIS | 0.7 km | 205 |
−11.3%
|
| 3 | Aine Naofa N S0.9 km · Navan · DEIS | 0.9 km | 312 |
−6.0%
|
| 4 | Mercy Convent N S1.0 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.0 km | 385 |
−21.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Eoin1.3 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.3 km | 375 |
+9.3%
|
| 6 | Flowerfield N S1.5 km · Navan · Church of Ireland | 1.5 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
- Eileen McCaughey
- Phone
- 0469028754
- [email protected]
- Address
- Abbeylands, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 V067
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
- 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
36 school years from 1981/82 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 761 | 374 | 387 | 81 | 97 | 84 | 99 | 98 | 93 | 108 | 101 |
| 2024/25 | 760 | 368 | 392 | 91 | 80 | 84 | 93 | 90 | 103 | 99 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 711 | 334 | 377 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 95 | 96 | 106 | 81 |
| 2022/23 | 743 | 348 | 395 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 95 | 96 | 104 | 81 | 108 |
| 2021/22 | 712 | 336 | 376 | 80 | 77 | 90 | 91 | 96 | 77 | 104 | 97 |
| 2020/21 | 732 | 358 | 374 | 75 | 92 | 87 | 96 | 75 | 107 | 97 | 103 |
| 2019/20 | 731 | 361 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 728 | 360 | 368 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 747 | 369 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 727 | 354 | 373 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 721 | 344 | 377 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 711 | 346 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 713 | 352 | 361 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 680 | 335 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 664 | 320 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 639 | 300 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 613 | 287 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 588 | 282 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 555 | 266 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 528 | 253 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 502 | 240 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 500 | 236 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 499 | 222 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 501 | 209 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 493 | 189 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 462 | 169 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 453 | 171 | 282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 462 | 177 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 479 | 175 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 492 | 185 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 490 | 187 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 524 | 199 | 325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 517 | 207 | 310 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 363 | 115 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 300 | 88 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 197 | 64 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |