Welcome to St Catherine's Special School

Located between Newtownmountkennedy and Newcastle in County Wicklow, St Catherine’s is a special school catering for students with Severe and Profound Learning Disabilities (LD), Severe and Profound LD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Moderate LD and Moderate LD and ASD.

We are dedicated to providing a happy, safe environment where high quality teaching and learning takes place. We value our partnership with parents and guardians and have strong relationships with our local community. With an education tailored to individual needs, students progress at their own pace.  Our education programme is developed to meet the needs of each student and helping each student to achieve his or her full potential.

In St Catherine’s Special School each student is encouraged and supported and we aim to provide them with meaningful experiences that they can cherish. We hope you find our website useful in getting to know our school.

Teresa Smith,
Principal