High Cross College

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 ↗ (2026/27)

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

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: Tuam. 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 H54 (Tuam) was €289,000 in 2025. That is up 60.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Tuam Urban at -7.76 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 34% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Tuam

• Archbishop Mchale College Secondary school, Galway
• Ballinderry N S Primary school, Galway
• Barnaderg Central Sch Primary school, Galway
• Ceathru Na Ngarrdhanta Primary school, Galway
• Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha Primary school, Galway
• Kilconly N S Primary school, Galway
• Newtown Ns Primary school, Galway
• S N An Croi Ro Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N An Leath Bhaile Primary school, Galway
• S N An Tsaileain Primary school, Galway
• S N Bheanain Primary school, Galway
• S N Cathair Geal Primary school, Galway