Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa
Drogheda · Roll number 20349H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 353
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 27 from 326 in 2015/16. Opened in 2010/11, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 165 / 188
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2010
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
353 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 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 41 | 39.8 |
| Senior Infants | 43 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 40 | 46 | 41.0 |
| 1st Class | 54 | 42 | 30 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 42.5 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 53 | 45 | 32 | 38 | 45 | 44.7 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 55 | 52 | 45 | 35 | 39 | 46.8 |
| 4th Class | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 45 | 34 | 50.0 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 54 | 47 | 53.8 |
| 6th Class | 54 | 57 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 54 | 55.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 40Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 45 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 431st Class2024/25
- 452nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
38 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 39 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 38Junior Infants2021/22
- 38Senior Infants2022/23
- 391st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 393rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 353rd Class2024/25
- 344th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
43 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 47 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 43Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 452nd Class2022/23
- 453rd Class2023/24
- 454th Class2024/25
- 475th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
54 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 541st Class2020/21
- 532nd Class2021/22
- 523rd Class2022/23
- 564th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 585th Class2023/24
- 576th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 554th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 566th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
54 in 4th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 544th Class2020/21
- 525th Class2021/22
- 526th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2023/24 (38 to 47)
- −132nd Class in 2023/24 (45 to 32)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2010/11 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, 2010/11 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa, 2010/11 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
24teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.16 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2010/11
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 Oilibhéir Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Oilibhéir NaofaThis school | – | 353 |
+8.3%
|
|
| 1 | Presentation Convent0.3 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.3 km | 385 |
+19.9%
|
| 2 | Aston Village Educate Together National School1.0 km · Drogheda · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 375 |
+0.8%
|
| 3 | St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School1.3 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.3 km | 575 | – |
| 4 | S N Aonghusa1.6 km · Droichead Atha · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 147 |
−30.3%
|
| 5 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn1.6 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.6 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Peadar1.8 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 1.8 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
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
- Catherine Tiernan Bell
- Phone
- 0419804578
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 NV26
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- 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
- Drogheda
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
16 school years from 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 353 | 165 | 188 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 34 | 47 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 366 | 162 | 204 | 44 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 57 |
| 2023/24 | 382 | 168 | 214 | 43 | 47 | 39 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 58 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 368 | 164 | 204 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 45 | 52 | 56 | 55 | 52 |
| 2021/22 | 384 | 170 | 214 | 38 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 405 | 180 | 225 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 57 | 54 |
| 2019/20 | 440 | 200 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 455 | 212 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 416 | 200 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 375 | 179 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 326 | 158 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 267 | 129 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 210 | 109 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 137 | 75 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 57 | 31 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 17 | 7 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |