St Farnan's Post Primary School

The facts

Special classes

5 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × Moderate General Learning Disability
• 1 × Autism Inclusion Class

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 4 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: Prosperous / Clane. 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 W91 (Naas) was €435,000 in 2025. That is up 31.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Downings at -0.3 (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 Prosperous / Clane

• Clongowes Wood College Secondary school, Kildare
• Hewetsons N S Primary school, Kildare
• Prosperous N S Primary school, Kildare
• Rathcoffey N S Primary school, Kildare
• S N Baile Roibeaird Primary school, Kildare
• S N Cianog Naofa Primary school, Kildare
• S N Coill Dubh Primary school, Kildare
• S N Nmh Mhuire Primary school, Kildare
• S N Oilibhear Plunglead Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Mhuire Community School Secondary school, Kildare
• Scoil Naisiunta Bhride Primary school, Kildare