Flowerfield N.S.
Trim Road, Navan, Co. Meath · C15 XV20 · Roll number 12788O
Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield N.S.
- A small primary school: 40 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The smallest of the 13 primary schools around Navan.
- 14 girls and 26 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Flowerfield N.S. had 40 pupils in 2025/26, down from 58 in 2015/16 (−31%). Girls are 35% of them. Its largest roll was 59, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Flowerfield 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Flowerfield N.S. has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. 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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Flowerfield N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.3 km | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.3 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 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 | 16 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | 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 |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 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 | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | 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 | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 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 XV20
Primary schools near Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield N.S.
Is Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield N.S. have?
40 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Flowerfield N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Flowerfield N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Flowerfield N.S.?
Flowerfield N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI.
How do pupils get a place at Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield N.S.?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Eanna (0.3 km), Mercy Convent N.S. (0.5 km) and Aine Naofa 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).