Admissions
Admissions Act 2018 – In line with new legislation the Board of Management of Jonah Special School have prepared the following:
Please note the following guidance which we are required to share with you in relation to seeking a placement for your child in a special school https://ncse.ie/notify-ncse-special-class-special-school
The school is fully enrolled for the 2025/2026 school year.
Please check the school website in September for updated admissions information for the 2026/2027 school year.
This Policy replaces our existing policy and be effective for all admissions to our school from 1st September 2021 onwards.
Jonah Special School provides an education for students with Autism and Complex Needs from 4-18 years of age. It is co-educational and non-denominational. The school provides autism specific education, using evidence based, data driven education interventions, including but not limited to Applied Behaviour Analysis, TEACCH, Intensive Interaction and Attention Autism.
To submit an application
Applications will only be accepted during the schools admissions application period: 1st December 2025 until 3pm on 6th March 2026.
- Download and complete our Expression of Interest Form.
- Download and complete our Admission Application Form.
- Attach a copy of relevant reports confirming your child’s diagnosis and requirement for placement in an Autism Specific Special School. Please do not submit originals.
- Attach a letter from the NCSE confirming that the child is known to them and that the child
has the required diagnosis and recommendation for an Autism Specific Special School. - You may submit the application via email and email all documents to thejonahproject@hotmail.com.
Alternatively you may post all required documents to:
Admission Application
Jonah Special School
Old V.E.C.Building
Slieverue
Kilkenny Via Waterford
X91 D6DY