St Vincents Home NS
Saint Vincent's Centre, Navan Road, Dublin 7 · D07 N229 · Roll number 19039I
St Vincents Home NS is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of Ashtown. Every school in and around Ashtown →
What stands out about St Vincents Home NS
- 68 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 21 girls and 47 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Vincents Home NS had 68 pupils in 2025/26, down from 70 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 31% of them. Its largest roll was 70, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 3 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 Vincents Home NS
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 Vincents Home NS 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 Vincents Home NS
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 Vincents Home NS
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Vincents Home NS 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 Vincents Home NS is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Ashtown together changed by +5%.
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, 3 have more pupils than St Vincents Home NS. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 0.2 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 7.2 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 8 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 15 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 19 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
Living in Ashtown
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Homes in the D07 Eircode area
Housing in Ashtown →The median sale price rose from €378,600 in 2023 to €458,400 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D07 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ashtown
Cost of living in Ashtown →New tenancies in Ashtown averaged €2,021 a month in 2025, against €1,933 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ashtown, D07 N229
Special schools near St Vincents Home NS
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Vincents Home NS
Is St Vincents Home NS 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 Vincents Home NS have?
68 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does St Vincents Home NS teach through Irish?
No: St Vincents Home NS teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Vincents Home NS?
St Vincents Home NS has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Vincents Home NS?
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 Vincents Home NS?
The nearest are Phoenix Park Specialist School (0.2 km), Casa Caterina S S (1.2 km) and Holy Family School for the Deaf (1.5 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 Ashtown; 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).