St Patrick's Classical School

The facts

Getting in

Hard. 330 applications for 175 places — 1.89 applicants per place.

Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.

read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × 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: Navan. 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 C15 (Navan) was €372,500 in 2025. That is up 46.1% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Navan Rural at -1.08 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 38% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Navan

• Aine Naofa N S Primary school, Meath
• Ard Rí Community National School Primary school, Meath
• Beaufort College Secondary school, Meath
• Bohermeen N S Primary school, Meath
• Coláiste Na Mí Secondary school, Meath
• Flowerfield N S Primary school, Meath
• Gaelscoil Eanna Primary school, Meath
• Loreto Secondary School Secondary school, Meath
• Mercy Convent N S Primary school, Meath
• Navan Educate Together Ns Primary school, Meath
• S N Baile Cheant Primary school, Meath
• S N Mhuire Primary school, Meath