Moate Community School

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.

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:

• 5 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 4 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: Moate. 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 N37 (Athlone) was €320,000 in 2025. That is up 73.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Moate at -1.46 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 41% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Moate

• An Ghrianan N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Bl Oliver Plunkett N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Boher N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Cill Cleithe N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Drumraney Mixed N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Eoin Naofa N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Kilcrumreragh N S Primary school, Westmeath
• St Brigid's Primary School Primary school, Westmeath