St Ultans Special Sch
Flower Hill, Navan, Co. Meath · C15 HX60 · Roll number 19216E
St Ultans Special Sch is one of 2 special schools in or within 3 km of Navan. Every school in and around Navan →
What stands out about St Ultans Special Sch
- One of the larger special schools: 122 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Ultans Special Sch had 122 pupils in 2025/26, against 117 in 2015/16 (+4%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 125, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Ultans Special Sch
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for St Ultans Special Sch is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on St Ultans Special Sch
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at St Ultans Special Sch
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Ultans Special Sch follow a professional report on the child’s needs; the National Council for Special Education’s local special educational needs organiser helps families apply.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Ultans Special Sch is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Navan together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest special schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 3 nearest special schools, 1 have more pupils than St Ultans Special Sch. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 2 of the 3 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ultans Special Sch | 122 | +2% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Marys Special School | 83 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| ABACAS School | 31 | +7% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 22 km | |
| St Itas Special School | 207 | +43% | Catholic | English | 23 km |
The one other of the special schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cara Community Special School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km |
Living in Navan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Navan →The median sale price rose from €340,000 in 2023 to €375,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the C15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Navan
Cost of living in Navan →New tenancies in Navan averaged €1,422 a month in 2025, against €1,358 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Navan, C15 HX60
Special schools near St Ultans Special Sch
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Ultans Special Sch
Is St Ultans Special Sch a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does St Ultans Special Sch have?
122 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does St Ultans Special Sch teach through Irish?
No: St Ultans Special Sch teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Ultans Special Sch?
St Ultans Special Sch has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at St Ultans Special Sch?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near St Ultans Special Sch?
The nearest are St Marys Special School (3.5 km), ABACAS School (22 km) and St Itas Special School (23 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Navan; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).