St Columba's Comprehensive School

The facts

Special classes

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × Multiple Disabilities

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 3 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: Glenties. 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 F94 (Donegal) was €200,000 in 2025. That is up 48.1% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Glenties at -6.08 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 32% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Glenties

• Ardara Mixed N S Primary school, Donegal
• Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh Secondary school, Donegal
• Gortnacart N S Primary school, Donegal
• Min A Ghabhann N S Primary school, Donegal
• S N An Bhreacaigh Primary school, Donegal
• S N Chill Coinnigh Primary school, Donegal
• S N Cholmcille Primary school, Donegal
• S N Crannaighe Buidhe Primary school, Donegal
• S N Leitir Mhic An Bhaird Primary school, Donegal
• S N Mhin Teineadh De Primary school, Donegal
• S N Muire Gan Smal Primary school, Donegal
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Donegal