St Peters National School
Meath · Roll number 20191V
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 97
- +5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 97 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 47 / 50
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2004
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
97 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 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9.2 |
| Senior Infants | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8.0 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 9.5 |
| 2nd Class | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 10.3 |
| 3rd Class | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 9.7 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11.3 |
| 5th Class | 10 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 11.7 |
| 6th Class | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
8 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 9 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 8Junior Infants2024/25
- 9Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
8 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 15 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2022/23
- 8Senior Infants2023/24
- 81st Class2024/25
- 152nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
8 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2021/22
- 8Senior Infants2022/23
- 121st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
8 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 8Junior Infants2020/21
- 8Senior Infants2021/22
- 71st Class2022/23
- 112nd Class2023/24
- 103rd Class2024/25
- 124th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 10 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 3Senior Infants2020/21
- 31st Class2021/22
- 52nd Class2022/23
- 73rd Class2023/24
- 74th Class2024/25
- 105th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 53rd Class2022/23
- 84th Class2023/24
- 85th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
12 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 122nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 175th Class2023/24
- 156th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
9 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 93rd Class2020/21
- 94th Class2021/22
- 105th Class2022/23
- 116th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
10 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 105th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2022/23 (9 to 19)
- −95th Class in 2024/25 (17 to 8)
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 Peters National School, 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
9.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.83 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 St Peters National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peters National SchoolThis school | – | 97 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg0.1 km · Dún Búinne · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.1 km | 360 |
+40.6%
|
| 2 | Dunboyne Senior N S0.4 km · Dunboyne | 0.4 km | 470 |
−13.6%
|
| 3 | Dunboyne Junior N S0.5 km · Dunboyne | 0.5 km | 397 |
−28.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ghrainne Community National School3.2 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 3.2 km | 585 |
−13.2%
|
| 5 | Castaheany Educate Together NS3.2 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 3.2 km | 362 |
−15.4%
|
| 6 | Hansfield Educate Together National School3.3 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 3.3 km | 575 |
+114.6%
|
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
- Laura McGovern
- Phone
- 018026741
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Peters National School, COI, Rooske Rd, Dunboyne, Meath, A86 PR92
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI
- 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
- 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
22 school years from 2004/05 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 97 | 47 | 50 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 92 | 43 | 49 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | 98 | 46 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | 72 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 73 | 35 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 75 | 33 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 75 | 33 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 94 | 37 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 93 | 37 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 97 | 40 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 98 | 40 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 104 | 37 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 117 | 47 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 111 | 44 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 117 | 45 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 122 | 47 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 120 | 53 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 98 | 47 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 72 | 35 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 47 | 23 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 23 | 10 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |