Ashbourne Educate Together National School
Ashbourne · Roll number 20396Q
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 410
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +86%
- Up 190 from 220 in 2015/16. Opened in 2012/13, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 198 / 212
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2012
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
410 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 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 48.7 |
| Senior Infants | 57 | 47 | 54 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 50.3 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 54 | 49 | 54 | 48 | 52 | 52.3 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 54 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 54 | 53.2 |
| 3rd Class | 60 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 53.5 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 52 | 55.0 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 56.2 |
| 6th Class | 57 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 56 | 55.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
45 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
47 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
53 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 54 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 53Junior Infants2022/23
- 48Senior Infants2023/24
- 481st Class2024/25
- 542nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
55 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 52 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 541st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 523rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 50Junior Infants2020/21
- 47Senior Infants2021/22
- 491st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 483rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
57 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 57Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 534th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 542nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 564th Class2023/24
- 585th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 554th Class2022/23
- 575th Class2023/24
- 586th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
60 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils fewer.
- 603rd Class2020/21
- 564th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 536th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 555th Class2021/22
- 546th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +7Senior Infants in 2022/23 (47 to 54)
- −10Senior Infants in 2021/22 (57 to 47)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2012/13 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, 2012/13 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Ashbourne Educate Together National School, 2012/13 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
27.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers222.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.9
- 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 9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2012/13
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 Ashbourne Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 410 |
+86.4%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil na Mí0.1 km · Cill Dhéagláin · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 242 |
+60.3%
|
| 2 | Ashbourne Community National School0.3 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.3 km | 341 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Nais Deaglain0.9 km · Ashbourne | 0.9 km | 621 |
−9.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire1.0 km · Ashbourne | 1.0 km | 479 |
−4.4%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Cille1.8 km · Ashbourne · Gaelscoil | 1.8 km | 227 |
−10.3%
|
| 6 | St Pauls NS2.9 km · Ratoath | 2.9 km | 565 |
−20.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Séamus McCarthy
- Phone
- 018357493
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ashbourne Educate Together, Killegland, Ashbourne, Co. Meath, A84 A4X6
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
- Ratoath
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
14 school years from 2012/13 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 410 | 198 | 212 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 410 | 190 | 220 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | 416 | 188 | 228 | 47 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 57 | 53 |
| 2022/23 | 439 | 198 | 241 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 54 |
| 2021/22 | 443 | 205 | 238 | 55 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 55 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 466 | 229 | 237 | 50 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 57 |
| 2019/20 | 477 | 236 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 434 | 221 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 375 | 188 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 294 | 153 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 220 | 121 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 152 | 80 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 95 | 52 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 39 | 22 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |