St Pauls 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.

this notice describes more than one intake — read it directly.

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

This is the school's first special class.

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: Mountmellick. 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 Mountmellick Urban at -9.31 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 25% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Mountmellick

• Barr Na Sruthan N S Primary school, Laois
• Clonaghadoo N S Primary school, Offaly
• Emo Mixed N S Primary school, Laois
• Mountmellick Boys N S Primary school, Laois
• Mountmellick Community School Secondary school, Laois
• Na Carraige N S Primary school, Laois
• Naomh Padraig N S Primary school, Laois
• St Josephs Girls N.S. Primary school, Laois