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The facts

What DEIS means here

A DEIS school. The Department's register records this school as being in the DEIS programme, but the published band list does not give it a band, so we do not state one.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

What DEIS is, band by band, HEAR college entry, and whether it says anything about how good a school is →

Special classes

The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.

The area around this school

School planning area: Castlecomer. 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 R95 (Kilkenny) was €350,000 in 2025. That is up 62.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Castlecomer at -4.28 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 30% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Castlecomer

• Ballyragget National School Primary school, Kilkenny
• Clontubrid Mixed N S Primary school, Kilkenny
• Community School Secondary school, Kilkenny
• Holycross N.S. Primary school, Kilkenny
• Lisdowney N S Primary school, Kilkenny
• S N An Moinin Rua Primary school, Kilkenny
• S N Bhreandain Naofa Primary school, Kilkenny
• S N Bhrighde Primary school, Kilkenny
• S N Colmain Primary school, Kilkenny
• S N Lisnafunchin Primary school, Kilkenny
• St Patricks Ns Primary school, Kilkenny
• Wandesforde Mixed N S Primary school, Kilkenny