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St Michael's And St Peter's Junior School

St Michael's And St Peter's Junior School is a primary school in Wicklow. 250 pupils, Catholic ethos, 4 special classes, oversubscribed last year, DEIS.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronArchbishop of Dublin
FeesFree
Enrolment250 (114 boys, 136 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
DEISYes — this school is in the DEIS programme
Roll number20470C
EircodeY14HY40
AddressHickey's Hill;, Arklow

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year92
Places last year5
Applications last year15
Waiting list10

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

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

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: Arklow. 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 Y14 (Arklow) was €300,000 in 2025. That is up 43.2% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Arklow No. 1 Urban at -7.17 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 28% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalLisa Dempsey
Phone040239861
Emailoffice@ssmichaelandpeter.ie
Local authorityWicklow County Council

Other schools in Arklow

How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.