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Scoil Oilibheir Naofa

Scoil Oilibheir Naofa is a primary school in Coast Road. 397 pupils, Catholic ethos, 5 special classes, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Meath
FeesFree
Enrolment397 (221 boys, 176 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number20216L
EircodeA92H762
AddressCoast Road, Bettystown, Co. Meath

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year100
Places last year19
Applications last year42
Waiting list22
Applications open01 October 2025
Applications close24 October 2025

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

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

5 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

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: Laytown. 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 Julianstown at -0.24 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 42% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalMaria White
Phone0419887431
Emailoffice@bettystownschool.ie
Local authorityMeath County Council

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How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.