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The facts

What DEIS means here

DEIS Urban Band 2. This is extra staffing, a Home School Community Liaison coordinator and School Completion Programme access. Band 2 does not carry the reduced class sizes that Band 1 does.

Added to DEIS in the 2022 expansion, so its supports are relatively recent.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

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Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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: Athlone. 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 Athlone East Rural at -2.17 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 44% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Athlone

• Ard Na Gcraith Ns Primary school, Westmeath
• Athlone Community College Secondary school, Westmeath
• Athlone N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Ballybay National School Primary school, Roscommon
• Brideswell N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Carrick N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Clonown N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Cluain Buinne N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Coláiste Chiaráin Secondary school, Roscommon
• Corr Na Madadh N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Marist College Secondary school, Westmeath
• Naomh Clar N S Primary school, Westmeath