Scoil Oilibheir Naofa
Bettystown · Roll number 20216L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 397
- +39 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −11%
- Down 47 from 444 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 176 / 221
- 44% girls
Pupils since 2005
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
397 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 | 86 | 77 | 75 | 83 | 101 | 111 | 88.8 |
| Senior Infants | 115 | 85 | 72 | 76 | 82 | 103 | 88.8 |
| 1st Class | 108 | 122 | 91 | 74 | 84 | 90 | 94.8 |
| 2nd Class | 95 | 103 | 129 | 95 | 73 | 93 | 98.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
101 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 103 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 101Junior Infants2024/25
- 103Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
83 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 90 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 83Junior Infants2023/24
- 82Senior Infants2024/25
- 901st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
75 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 93 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2022/23
- 76Senior Infants2023/24
- 841st Class2024/25
- 932nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
77 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 77 pupils fewer.
- 77Junior Infants2021/22
- 72Senior Infants2022/23
- 741st Class2023/24
- 732nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
86 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 86 pupils fewer.
- 86Junior Infants2020/21
- 85Senior Infants2021/22
- 911st Class2022/23
- 952nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
115 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 115 pupils fewer.
- 115Senior Infants2020/21
- 1221st Class2021/22
- 1292nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
108 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 108 pupils fewer.
- 1081st Class2020/21
- 1032nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +262nd Class in 2022/23 (103 to 129)
- −342nd Class in 2023/24 (129 to 95)
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 Oilibheir Naofa, 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
29.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 30 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- 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 teachers162.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.5
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
18.64 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.2 special education teachers, 5 special class teachers and 18.64 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 Scoil Oilibheir Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Oilibheir NaofaThis school | – | 397 |
−10.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh0.2 km · Laytown | 0.2 km | 438 |
+20.3%
|
| 2 | S N Realt na Mara (B)2.8 km · Mornington · Boys | 2.8 km | 373 |
−15.8%
|
| 3 | S N Realt na Mara (C)2.8 km · Donacarney · Girls | 2.8 km | 373 |
−12.4%
|
| 4 | S N Cros Ban3.4 km · Julianstown | 3.4 km | 373 |
−13.7%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa4.2 km · Droichead Átha · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 4.2 km | 383 |
−13.3%
|
| 6 | Le Cheile Educate Together NS5.0 km · Drogheda · Multi-denominational | 5.0 km | 383 |
−12.6%
|
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
- Maria White
- Phone
- 0419887431
- [email protected]
- Address
- Coast Road, Bettystown, Co. Meath, A92 H762
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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
- Laytown
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 397 | 176 | 221 | 111 | 103 | 90 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 358 | 161 | 197 | 101 | 82 | 84 | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 346 | 158 | 188 | 83 | 76 | 74 | 95 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 379 | 168 | 211 | 75 | 72 | 91 | 129 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 399 | 187 | 212 | 77 | 85 | 122 | 103 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 416 | 202 | 214 | 86 | 115 | 108 | 95 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 418 | 195 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 408 | 185 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 409 | 184 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 439 | 204 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 444 | 207 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 444 | 216 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 438 | 211 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 399 | 193 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 368 | 185 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 370 | 176 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 344 | 168 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 315 | 142 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 247 | 112 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 181 | 78 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 91 | 35 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |