St Marks Special School

The facts

Getting in

Very hard. 68 applications for 17 places — 4 applicants per place.

Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.

read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)

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.

The area around this school

School planning area: Newbridge. 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 W12 (Newbridge) was €440,000 in 2025. That is up 67.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Morristownbiller at 1.45 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 41% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Newbridge

• Almhaine N S Primary school, Kildare
• Ballymany Junior Ns Primary school, Kildare
• Gaelscoil Chill Dara Primary school, Kildare
• Holy Family Secondary School Secondary school, Kildare
• Newbridge College Secondary school, Kildare
• Newbridge Educate Together Ns Primary school, Kildare
• Patrician Secondary School Secondary school, Kildare
• S N Brighde Primary school, Kildare
• S N Connlaodh Naofa N Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Chonnla Phadraig Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Na Naomh Uilig Primary school, Kildare