Scoil Mhuire
Patrick Street, Trim, Co Meath · C15 FF67 · Roll number 64450R
Scoil Mhuire is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Trim. Every school in and around Trim →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 814 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A girls’ school.
- 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 CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire had 814 pupils in 2025/26, against 741 in 2015/16 (+10%). Its largest roll was 835, in 2022/23. 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 Scoil Mhuire
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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire 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 girls only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Trim together changed by +5%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.4 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km |
The other 17 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km |
Living in Trim
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Trim →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 Trim
Cost of living in Trim →New tenancies in Trim averaged €1,439 a month in 2025, against €1,344 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Trim, C15 FF67
Post-primary schools near Scoil Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Mhuire
Is Scoil Mhuire 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 Mhuire have?
814 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire?
Scoil Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire?
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 Mhuire?
The nearest are Boyne Community School (0.4 km), Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn (8.9 km) and Athboy Community School (12 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 Trim; 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).