School History
The Community National School model was established in 2008 and has been evolving ever since. Louth Meath Education and Training Board is soon to become the patron of Ard Rí. Community National Schools are primary schools founded in local communities. Community National Schools serve the community in which they stand. Therefore no two schools are identical. However all Community National Schools are under pinned by four main cornerstones; Excellence in Education, Equality-Based, Community Focused, Multidenominational.
The school has grown from strength to strength. Ard Rí Community National School opened its doors in September 2010 under the patronage of Meath VEC with just seven Junior Infants and in September 2016 188 children now attend the school. We are now enrolling students up to Fifth Class. Ard Rí CNS is temporarily located on the Navan Rugby Club grounds at Balreask Old. It is envisaged that the school will move in the coming years to a site in the Navan area.
The school name ‘Ard Rí’ means ‘High King’ in Irish. We are located in the heart of the Boyne Valley, only a few hundred meters from the River Boyne. The Hill of Tara, which is where the ancient High Kings of Ireland sat in Celtic times, is on our doorstep. It is said also that the legendary Salmon of Knowledge was caught from a pool in the river under a hazel tree near the end of our lane. We love to instill a good knowledge of the heritage of the area into our students and we visit The Hill of Tara regularly.
Staff 2017-2018
- School Manager – Fiona Kindlon (LMETB)
- Principal – Darragh Roe
- Deputy Principal – Emer Kavanagh
- Junior Infant Teacher – Tara Power
- Junior Infant Teacher – Sabrina Comer
- Senior Infant Teacher – Niamh Donnachie
- First Class Teacher – Maria O’Connor
- First Class Teacher – Karen Dillon
- Second Class Teacher – Laura Farrell
- Third Class Teacher – Cailín Ní Dhonncha
- Fourth Class Teacher – Karen Dunne
- Fifth Class Teacher – Sarah Anderson
- Sixth Class Teacher – Jack Scannell
- Learning Support and Resource Teachers – Catherine Dooley & Deirdre NicEanruig
- Special Needs Assistants – Nuala Flanagan, Irene Carr, Margaret Fitzgerald, Linda Smith, Emma Smith
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