Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo

The facts

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: Ballinakill. 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 R32 (Portlaoise) was €320,000 in 2025. That is up 77.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Durrow at -2.02 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 33% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Ballinakill

• Abbeyleix Sth N S Primary school, Laois
• Ballinakill Mixed N S Primary school, Laois
• Ballyroan Primary School Primary school, Laois
• Heywood Community School Secondary school, Laois
• Naomh Pius X N S Primary school, Laois
• S N Fionntan Naofa Primary school, Laois
• S N Molaise Primary school, Laois
• Scoil An Chroi Ro Naofa Primary school, Laois
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Laois
• Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa Primary school, Laois
• Tobar An Leinn Primary school, Laois