St Aidan's Community College

The facts

Special classes

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 4 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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: Gurranbraher / Cork City. 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 T23 (Cork Northside) was €361,000 in 2025. That is up 41.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates St. Mary's (East) at -0.66 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 38% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Gurranbraher / Cork City

• Gaelcholáiste Mhuire Secondary school, Cork
• Gaelscoil Peig Sayers Primary school, Cork
• Nano Nagle College Secondary school, Cork
• North Monastery Secondary School Secondary school, Cork
• North Presentation Primary School Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Aiseiri Chriost Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Colmcille Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Iosagain Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Mhuire Ar Chnoc Haoine Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Oilibheir Primary school, Cork
• Scoil Padre Pio N S Primary school, Cork