St Pauls Ns

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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

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: Ratoath. 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 A85 (Dunshaughlin) was €460,000 in 2025. That is up 36.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ratoath at 6.15 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 48% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Ratoath

• Ashbourne Educate Together National School Primary school, Meath
• De Lacy College Secondary school, Meath
• Gaelscoil Na Mí Primary school, Meath
• Ratoath College Secondary school, Meath
• Ratoath Junior N S Primary school, Meath
• Ratoath Senior Ns Primary school, Meath
• S N Aindreis Naofa Primary school, Meath
• S N Rath Beagain Primary school, Meath