Mhichil Naofa

The facts

What DEIS means here

DEIS Rural. This is the rural strand: extra literacy and numeracy support, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation. It does not carry reduced class sizes.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

What DEIS is, band by band, HEAR college entry, and whether it says anything about how good a school is →

Special classes

The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.

The area around this school

School planning area: Castletownbere. 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 P75 (Bantry) was €285,000 in 2025. That is up 62.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Bear at 2.83 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 39% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Castletownbere

• Adrigole N S Primary school, Cork
• Beara Community School Secondary school, Cork
• Cahermore New Central School Primary school, Cork
• Lauragh National School Primary school, Kerry
• S N Oir Cheann Primary school, Cork
• Scoil An Croi Ro Naofa Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Chaitigheirn Primary school, Cork
• Trafrask Mixed N S Primary school, Cork