Sacred Heart Secondary School

The facts

Getting in

Competitive. 151 applications for 100 places — 1.51 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

3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × 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: Tullamore / Killina. 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 R35 (Tullamore) was €286,833 in 2025. That is up 57.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Tullamore Urban at -6.74 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 34% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Tullamore / Killina

• Arden Boys Ns Primary school, Offaly
• Ballykilmurry N S Primary school, Offaly
• Charleville N S Primary school, Offaly
• Colaiste Choilm Secondary school, Offaly
• Daingean N S Primary school, Offaly
• Gaelscoil An Eiscir Riada Primary school, Offaly
• Geashill 1 N S Primary school, Offaly
• Killina Presentation Secondary School Secondary school, Offaly
• Offaly School Of Special Education Special school, Co. Offaly
• S N Chartaigh Naofa Primary school, Offaly
• S N Mhuire Primary school, Offaly
• S N Naomh Brighde Buach Primary school, Offaly