Ashbourne Community School

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: Ashbourne. 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 A84 (Ashbourne) was €485,000 in 2025. That is up 47.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Donaghmore at 4.25 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 44% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Ashbourne

• Ashbourne Community National School Primary school, Meath
• Cill Coscain Primary school, Dublin
• Gaelscoil Na Cille Primary school, Meath
• Kilbride National School Primary school, Meath
• S N Mhuire Primary school, Dublin
• S N Mhuire Naofa Primary school, Meath
• S N Muire An Sean Baile Primary school, Dublin
• S N Naomh Cianain Primary school, Meath
• S N Padraig Naofa Primary school, Meath
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Meath
• Scoil Nais Deaglain Primary school, Meath