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The facts

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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: Drogheda. 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 A92 (Drogheda) was €380,000 in 2025. That is up 52.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates West Gate at -11.8 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 26% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Drogheda

• ABACAS School Special school, Co. Louth
• Aston Village Educate Together National School Primary school, Louth
• Ballymakenny College Secondary school, Louth
• Callystown Mixed N S Primary school, Louth
• Drogheda Grammar School Secondary school, Louth
• Gaelscoil An Bhradáin Feasa Primary school, Meath
• Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School Secondary school, Meath
• Le Cheile Educate Together Ns Primary school, Louth
• Naomh Seosamh Primary school, Louth
• Our Lady's College Secondary school, Louth
• Presentation Convent Primary school, Louth
• Rathmullan N S Primary school, Louth