Ashbourne Community National School
Ashbourne · Roll number 20546J
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 341
- +38 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2019/20
- With 90 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 162 / 179
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
341 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 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 30.0 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 39 | 49 | 30.7 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 30 | 28 | 41 | 21 | 41 | 29.7 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 45 | 27 | 29.0 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 14 | 32 | 42 | 34 | 53 | 32.5 |
| 4th Class | 13 | 27 | 26 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 31.7 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 13 | 31 | 28 | 47 | 45 | 29.5 |
| 6th Class | 9 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 48 | 24.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
39 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 41 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2023/24
- 39Senior Infants2024/25
- 411st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 27 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 452nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 4th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 343rd Class2024/25
- 404th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 45 in 5th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 292nd Class2022/23
- 423rd Class2023/24
- 424th Class2024/25
- 455th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2025/26): 31 pupils more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 424th Class2023/24
- 475th Class2024/25
- 486th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 14 pupils more.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 10 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
13 in 4th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 134th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 186th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +24Junior Infants in 2023/24 (15 to 39)
- −201st Class in 2024/25 (41 to 21)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Ashbourne Community National School, 2019/20 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
24.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers145 hours of support teaching a week 5.8
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
11.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 11.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Community National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne Community National SchoolThis school | – | 341 | – | |
| 1 | Ashbourne Educate Together National School0.3 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.3 km | 410 |
+86.4%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil na Mí0.4 km · Cill Dhéagláin · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 242 |
+60.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire0.7 km · Ashbourne | 0.7 km | 479 |
−4.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Nais Deaglain0.9 km · Ashbourne | 0.9 km | 621 |
−9.5%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Cille1.6 km · Ashbourne · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 227 |
−10.3%
|
| 6 | St Pauls NS3.1 km · Ratoath | 3.1 km | 565 |
−20.1%
|
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
- Eoin Murphy
- Phone
- 0868522068
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ashbourne Education Campus, Ashbourne, A84 R984
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Louth & Meath ETB
- 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
- Ashbourne
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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 341 | 162 | 179 | 38 | 49 | 41 | 27 | 53 | 40 | 45 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 303 | 148 | 155 | 38 | 39 | 21 | 45 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 277 | 139 | 138 | 39 | 19 | 41 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 28 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 105 | 103 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 31 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 173 | 84 | 89 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 132 | 65 | 67 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 90 | 47 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |