St Mary's Academy Cbs

The facts

Special classes

3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 2 classes last year.

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Carlow. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district R93 (Carlow) was €290,000 in 2025. That is up 56.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Carlow Urban at -8.16 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 32% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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• Ballinabranna Mxd N S Primary school, Carlow
• Bennekerry National School Primary school, Carlow
• Bhride N S Primary school, Laois
• Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch Primary school, Carlow
• Carlow Educate Together Ns Primary school, Carlow
• Fr Cullen Memorial N S Primary school, Carlow
• Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach Secondary school, Carlow
• Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc Primary school, Carlow
• Holy Family National School Primary school, Carlow
• Presentation College Secondary school, Carlow
• S N Ceatharlach Primary school, Carlow