St. Josephs 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 ↗ (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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × 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: Woodford. 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 H62 (Loughrea) was €335,000 in 2025. That is up 71.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Woodford at -2.8 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 29% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Woodford

• Mercy College Secondary school, Galway
• S N An Droma Primary school, Galway
• S N Baile Na Cille Primary school, Galway
• S N Breandan Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Pairc Na Slinne Primary school, Galway
• St Feichins N School Primary school, Galway