St Josephs Convent

The facts

Special classes

5 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 5 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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: Longford / Newtownforbes. 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 N39 (Longford) was €200,000 in 2025. That is up 75.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Longford No. 1 Urban at -19.36 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 19% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Longford / Newtownforbes

• Cloonfour N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Gaelscoil An Longfoirt Primary school, Longford
• Meán Scoil Muire Secondary school, Longford
• Rooskey N S Primary school, Roscommon
• S N Cnoc An Mharcaigh Primary school, Longford
• S N Mhuire Primary school, Longford
• S N Naomh Treasa Primary school, Longford
• Saint Mels Primary school, Longford
• Samhthann N S Primary school, Longford
• Scoil Bhríde Primary school, Longford
• Scoil Mhuire N S Primary school, Longford
• Scoil Naomh Micheal Primary school, Longford