Our Lady Of Mercy N S

The facts

Special classes

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × Autism Inclusion Class

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 3 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: Sligo. 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 F91 (Sligo) was €272,400 in 2025. That is up 94.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Sligo East at -6.79 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 36% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Sligo

• Ballinode College Secondary school, Sligo
• Carbury National School Primary school, Sligo
• Carraroe N S Primary school, Sligo
• Gaelscoil Chnoc Na Re Primary school, Sligo
• Mercy College Secondary school, Sligo
• Ransboro New Central Primary school, Sligo
• S N Realt Na Mara Primary school, Sligo
• S N Ursula Primary school, Sligo
• Scoil Asicus Primary school, Sligo
• Scoil Eoin Naofa Primary school, Sligo
• Sligo Grammar School Secondary school, Sligo
• Sligo Project School Primary school, Sligo