The Sacred Heart Primary Ns

The facts

Special classes

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × ASD Early Intervention

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 3 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: Granard. 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 Granard Urban at -12.19 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 21% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Granard

• Ardscoil Phadraig Secondary school, Longford
• Cnoc Mhuire Secondary school, Longford
• Killasonna Mixed N S Primary school, Longford
• Mullahoran Central N S Primary school, Cavan
• Naomh Guasachta N S Primary school, Longford
• Naomh Muire N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Naomh Padraig N S Primary school, Longford
• S N Naomh Fiontan Primary school, Westmeath
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Longford
• St Bernards Mixed N S Primary school, Longford
• St Columbas Mxd N S Primary school, Longford
• St Patricks Mxd N S Primary school, Cavan