St Patrick's Classical School
Moatlands, Navan, Co Meath · C15 CT95 · Roll number 64350N
St Patrick's Classical School is one of 5 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Navan. Every school in and around Navan →
What stands out about St Patrick's Classical School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 967 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- The largest of the 5 post-primary schools around Navan.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Patrick's Classical School had 967 pupils in 2025/26, against 889 in 2015/16 (+9%). Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Patrick's Classical 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 St Patrick's Classical 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 St Patrick's Classical 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 St Patrick's Classical School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Patrick's Classical School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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 takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Patrick's Classical School has grown by 7% 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 post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
St Patrick's Classical School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km |
The other 17 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 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 CT95
Post-primary schools near St Patrick's Classical School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Patrick's Classical School
Is St Patrick's Classical 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 St Patrick's Classical School have?
967 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does St Patrick's Classical School teach through Irish?
No: St Patrick's Classical School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Patrick's Classical School?
St Patrick's Classical School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at St Patrick's Classical 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 St Patrick's Classical School?
The nearest are St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, (0.6 km), Beaufort College (1.3 km) and Loreto Secondary School (1.4 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).