Ard Rí Community National School
Navan · Roll number 20352T
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 384
- +23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +136%
- Up 221 from 163 in 2015/16. Opened in 2010/11, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 195 / 189
- 51% 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
384 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 | 36 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 51 | 43.2 |
| Senior Infants | 44 | 36 | 49 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 43.5 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 39 | 41 | 57 | 47 | 48 | 43.3 |
| 2nd Class | 42 | 29 | 40 | 42 | 57 | 42 | 42.0 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 40 | 26 | 46 | 44 | 61 | 41.3 |
| 4th Class | 38 | 31 | 42 | 27 | 49 | 50 | 39.5 |
| 5th Class | 25 | 38 | 34 | 45 | 28 | 53 | 37.2 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 26 | 39 | 34 | 47 | 34 | 34.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
44 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 45 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 44Junior Infants2024/25
- 45Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
39 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2022/23
- 42Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 61 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 49Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 572nd Class2024/25
- 613rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 36Senior Infants2021/22
- 411st Class2022/23
- 422nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 44Senior Infants2020/21
- 391st Class2021/22
- 402nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 494th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
42 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 422nd Class2020/21
- 403rd Class2021/22
- 424th Class2022/23
- 455th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 345th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
38 in 4th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 384th Class2020/21
- 385th Class2021/22
- 396th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
25 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 255th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +255th Class in 2025/26 (28 to 53)
- −175th Class in 2024/25 (45 to 28)
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 Ard Rí Community National School, 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
20.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
5.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.16 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 Ard Rí Community National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ard Rí Community National SchoolThis school | – | 384 |
+135.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Eanna1.0 km · An Uaimh · Gaelscoil | 1.0 km | 138 |
−43.7%
|
| 2 | Flowerfield N S1.3 km · Navan · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 40 |
−31.0%
|
| 3 | St Stephens NS1.6 km · Navan | 1.6 km | 805 |
+0.5%
|
| 4 | Aine Naofa N S1.7 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.7 km | 312 |
−6.0%
|
| 5 | Mercy Convent N S1.7 km · Navan · DEIS | 1.7 km | 385 |
−21.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Bhríde1.9 km · Navan | 1.9 km | 392 |
−11.7%
|
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
- Mr Darragh Roe
- Phone
- 0871341007
- [email protected]
- Address
- Balreask Old, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 D340
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Louth & Meath ETB
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Navan
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 | 384 | 195 | 189 | 51 | 45 | 48 | 42 | 61 | 50 | 53 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 361 | 179 | 182 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 57 | 44 | 49 | 28 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 336 | 168 | 168 | 43 | 42 | 57 | 42 | 46 | 27 | 45 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 310 | 153 | 157 | 39 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 39 |
| 2021/22 | 285 | 145 | 140 | 46 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 38 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 272 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 42 | 31 | 38 | 25 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 260 | 129 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 228 | 114 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 223 | 112 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 187 | 96 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 163 | 85 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 111 | 55 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 78 | 36 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 51 | 27 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 26 | 16 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |