St Francis Senior N S

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2020/21)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

This is the school's first special class.

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: Darndale / D17. 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 D17 (Dublin 17) was €330,000 in 2025. That is up 32.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Priorswood A at -12.54 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 19% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Darndale / D17

• Darndale Ns Junior Primary school, Dublin
• Our Lady Immac Sen N S Primary school, Dublin
• St Francis Junior National School Primary school, Dublin
• St Josephs Ns Primary school, Dublin