Dunboyne Senior N S
Dunboyne · Roll number 20033D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 470
- +17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −14%
- Down 74 from 544 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 230 / 240
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1996
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
470 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 121 | 110 | 132 | 110 | 103 | 115 | 115.2 |
| 4th Class | 136 | 117 | 112 | 135 | 109 | 106 | 119.2 |
| 5th Class | 138 | 141 | 119 | 113 | 126 | 115 | 125.3 |
| 6th Class | 134 | 137 | 143 | 119 | 109 | 134 | 129.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
103 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 106 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 1033rd Class2024/25
- 1064th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
110 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 115 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 1103rd Class2023/24
- 1094th Class2024/25
- 1155th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
132 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 134 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 1323rd Class2022/23
- 1354th Class2023/24
- 1265th Class2024/25
- 1346th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
110 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 109 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1103rd Class2021/22
- 1124th Class2022/23
- 1135th Class2023/24
- 1096th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
121 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 119 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 1213rd Class2020/21
- 1174th Class2021/22
- 1195th Class2022/23
- 1196th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
136 in 4th Class (2020/21), 143 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 1364th Class2020/21
- 1415th Class2021/22
- 1436th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
138 in 5th Class (2020/21), 137 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1385th Class2020/21
- 1376th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +256th Class in 2025/26 (109 to 134)
- −264th Class in 2024/25 (135 to 109)
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 Dunboyne Senior 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
27.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers180 hours of support teaching a week 7.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9 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 Dunboyne Senior N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne Senior N SThis school | – | 470 |
−13.6%
|
|
| 1 | Dunboyne Junior N S0.1 km · Dunboyne | 0.1 km | 397 |
−28.6%
|
| 2 | St Peters National School0.4 km · Meath · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 97 |
0.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg0.5 km · Dún Búinne · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.5 km | 360 |
+40.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ghrainne Community National School3.3 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 3.3 km | 585 |
−13.2%
|
| 5 | Castaheany Educate Together NS3.4 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 3.4 km | 362 |
−15.4%
|
| 6 | Mary Mother of Hope Senior NS3.5 km · Dublin 15 | 3.5 km | 429 |
−7.7%
|
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
- J.J. Brennan
- Phone
- 018252803
- [email protected]
- Address
- Station Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 X857
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
- Dunboyne
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
30 school years from 1996/97 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 470 | 230 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 106 | 115 | 134 |
| 2024/25 | 453 | 223 | 230 | – | – | – | – | 103 | 109 | 126 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 483 | 230 | 253 | – | – | – | – | 110 | 135 | 113 | 119 |
| 2022/23 | 512 | 259 | 253 | – | – | – | – | 132 | 112 | 119 | 143 |
| 2021/22 | 510 | 259 | 251 | – | – | – | – | 110 | 117 | 141 | 137 |
| 2020/21 | 535 | 264 | 271 | – | – | – | – | 121 | 136 | 138 | 134 |
| 2019/20 | 568 | 274 | 294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 563 | 262 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 549 | 257 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 544 | 260 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 544 | 265 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 559 | 269 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 581 | 284 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 579 | 278 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 557 | 261 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 529 | 254 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 516 | 244 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 514 | 243 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 499 | 246 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 478 | 227 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 469 | 227 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 454 | 230 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 455 | 220 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 462 | 232 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 445 | 216 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 455 | 223 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 448 | 223 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 457 | 233 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 415 | 220 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 391 | 213 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |