Aine Naofa N.S.
Fairgreen, Navan, Co. Meath · C15 E208 · Roll number 00883P
Aine Naofa N.S. is one of 13 primary schools in or within 3 km of Navan. Every school in and around Navan →
What stands out about Aine Naofa N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 312 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 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 2025/26Aine Naofa N.S. had 312 pupils in 2025/26, down from 332 in 2015/16 (−6%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Aine Naofa N.S.
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 Aine Naofa N.S. 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 Aine Naofa N.S.
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 Aine Naofa N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Aine Naofa N.S. 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. 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: Aine Naofa N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Navan together changed by +6%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Aine Naofa N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.8 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.6 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 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 | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 38 km |
Living in Navan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Navan →The median sale price rose from €340,000 in 2023 to €375,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the C15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Navan
Cost of living in Navan →New tenancies in Navan averaged €1,422 a month in 2025, against €1,358 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Navan, C15 E208
Primary schools near Aine Naofa N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Aine Naofa N.S.
Is Aine Naofa N.S. 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 Aine Naofa N.S. have?
312 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Aine Naofa N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Aine Naofa N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Aine Naofa N.S.?
Aine Naofa N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Aine Naofa N.S.?
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 Aine Naofa N.S.?
The nearest are Mercy Convent N.S. (0.1 km), S.N. Mhuire (0.5 km) and Flowerfield N.S. (0.6 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 Navan; 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).