Ashbourne Community National School
Ashbourne Education Campus, Ashbourne · A84 R984 · Roll number 20546J
Ashbourne Community National School is one of 10 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ashbourne. Every school in and around Ashbourne →
What stands out about Ashbourne Community National School
- One of the larger primary schools: 342 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 342 pupils, 280% more than the 90 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2019/20 to 2025/26Ashbourne Community National School had 342 pupils in 2025/26, against 90 in 2019/20 (+280%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 6 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ashbourne Community National School
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Ashbourne Community National School is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Ashbourne Community National School
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Ashbourne Community National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ashbourne Community National School directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ashbourne Community National School has grown by 280% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ashbourne together changed by +2%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Ashbourne Community National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +280%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 0.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.6 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 61 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Ashbourne, A84 R984
Primary schools near Ashbourne Community National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ashbourne Community National School
Is Ashbourne Community National School a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Ashbourne Community National School have?
342 pupils in 2025/26. That is +280% since 2019/20.
Does Ashbourne Community National School teach through Irish?
No: Ashbourne Community National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ashbourne Community National School?
Ashbourne Community National School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Ashbourne Community National School?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Ashbourne Community National School?
The nearest are Ashbourne Educate Together National School (0.3 km), Gaelscoil na Mí (0.4 km) and Scoil Mhuire (0.7 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ashbourne; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).