Scoil Aislinn
Boreenmanna Road, Cork · T12 TF85 · Roll number 20331L
Scoil Aislinn is one of 9 special schools in or within 3 km of Knockrea. Every school in and around Knockrea →
What stands out about Scoil Aislinn
- 36 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 7 girls and 29 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is COPE Foundation; its ethos is other.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Aislinn had 36 pupils in 2025/26, against 35 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 19% of them. Its largest roll was 36, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Aislinn
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 Scoil Aislinn 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 Scoil Aislinn
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 Scoil Aislinn
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Scoil Aislinn 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: Scoil Aislinn is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Knockrea together changed by +1%.
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 6 nearest special schools, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Aislinn. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Aislinn | 36 | +0% | Other | English | ||
| St Kevins School | 10 | – | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa) | 46 | +28% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Scoil Eanna | 66 | −14% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Paul's School | 92 | −5% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Bernadettes Spec Sch | 132 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Killians Spec Sch | 106 | +31% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km |
The other 12 special schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cara Junior School | 72 | +11% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Cork University Hos School | 17 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Scoil Triest | 72 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Rochestown Community Special School | 66 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Gabriels Special School | 54 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Marys Spec Sch | 85 | +29% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Sonas Special Primary Junior School | 48 | +14% | Other | English | 8.3 km | |
| Carrigaline Community Special School | 47 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel N.S. | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| East Cork Community Special School | 21 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| North Cork Community Special School | 19 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Holy Family S S | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 54 km |
Living in Knockrea
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the T12 Eircode area
Housing in Knockrea →The median sale price rose from €355,000 in 2023 to €412,200 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Knockrea
Cost of living in Knockrea →New tenancies in Knockrea averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,559 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Knockrea, T12 TF85
Special schools near Scoil Aislinn
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Aislinn
Is Scoil Aislinn 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 Scoil Aislinn have?
36 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Aislinn teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Aislinn teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Aislinn?
Scoil Aislinn has a other ethos. Its patron is COPE Foundation.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Aislinn?
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 Scoil Aislinn?
The nearest are St Kevins School (0.9 km), School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa) (1.5 km) and Scoil Eanna (1.7 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 Knockrea; 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).