Ardee Educate Together NS
Ardee · Roll number 20171P
- Multi Denominational ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 177
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +43%
- Up 53 from 124 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 72 / 105
- 41% girls
Pupils since 2002
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
177 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 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16.2 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 18.2 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 18.5 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21.3 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 23.3 |
| 4th Class | 18 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 22.3 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 22.0 |
| 6th Class | 22 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 22.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
10 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
11 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 23Senior Infants2022/23
- 211st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 22Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 141st Class2021/22
- 182nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
18 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 184th Class2020/21
- 195th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 156th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +105th Class in 2022/23 (19 to 29)
- −93rd Class in 2023/24 (28 to 19)
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 Ardee Educate Together 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
18.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- 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 teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
14.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 14.83 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. 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 Ardee Educate Together NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardee Educate Together NSThis school | – | 177 |
+42.7%
|
|
| 1 | S N Mhuire na Trocaire1.2 km · Ardee | 1.2 km | 339 |
+29.9%
|
| 2 | Ardee Monastery1.2 km · Ardee · DEIS | 1.2 km | 244 |
−8.6%
|
| 3 | Ballapousta NS4.7 km · Ardee | 4.7 km | 186 |
−23.5%
|
| 4 | Tallonstown N S6.3 km · Dundalk | 6.3 km | 276 |
−8.9%
|
| 5 | Newtown N S6.4 km · Ardee | 6.4 km | 60 |
−35.5%
|
| 6 | S N Chaoimhin Naofa6.5 km · Dunleer | 6.5 km | 148 |
+8.0%
|
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
- Ann Middleton
- Phone
- 0416853774
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dundalk Road, Ardee, Co. Louth, A92 TW80
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Ardee
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
24 school years from 2002/03 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 177 | 72 | 105 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 173 | 73 | 100 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 190 | 79 | 111 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 198 | 80 | 118 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 29 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 187 | 71 | 116 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 177 | 77 | 100 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 151 | 63 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 145 | 62 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 143 | 61 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 137 | 62 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 124 | 63 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 117 | 62 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 104 | 50 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 102 | 48 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 101 | 53 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 89 | 53 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 87 | 49 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 87 | 55 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 68 | 40 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 64 | 37 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 52 | 30 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 46 | 26 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 32 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 20 | 12 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |