Scoil na Rithe
Dún Seachlainn, Co. na Mí · A85 D266 · Roll number 19867W
Scoil na Rithe is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunshaughlin. Every school in and around Dunshaughlin →
What stands out about Scoil na Rithe
- 222 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil na Rithe had 222 pupils in 2025/26, against 209 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 230, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil na Rithe
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 Scoil na Rithe 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 Scoil na Rithe
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 Scoil na Rithe
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil na Rithe 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.
It teaches every subject through Irish. 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: Scoil na Rithe is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Dunshaughlin together changed by +30%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Scoil na Rithe. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.6 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 12 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 | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 53 km |
Living in Dunshaughlin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A85 Eircode area
Housing in Dunshaughlin →The median sale price rose from €420,000 in 2023 to €460,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A85 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dunshaughlin
Cost of living in Dunshaughlin →New tenancies in Dunshaughlin averaged €1,850 a month in 2025, against €1,658 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dunshaughlin, A85 D266
Primary schools near Scoil na Rithe
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil na Rithe
Is Scoil na Rithe 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 Scoil na Rithe have?
222 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil na Rithe teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Scoil na Rithe is taught through Irish.
Who runs Scoil na Rithe?
Scoil na Rithe has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil na Rithe?
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 Scoil na Rithe?
The nearest are S.N. Seachnaill Naofa (0.6 km), Dunshaughlin Community National School (0.6 km) and S.N. Rath Beagain (4.9 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 Dunshaughlin; 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).